Allegiance Canada Awards Order of Military Merit Role Commanding officer | Name John (Canadian Years of service 1946-1980 Rank Vice admiral | |
Born 31 March 1928 (age 95)
Kirkland Lake, Ontario ( 1928-03-31 ) Service/branch Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian Forces Commands held HMCS Qu'Appelle
First Canadian Destroyer Squadron
Maritime Command | ||
Vice Admiral John Allan CMM (born 31 March 1928) is a retired Canadian Forces officer who served as Commander of Maritime Command from 1979 to 1980.
Career
Allan joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946 and was commissioned as an acting sub-lieutenant in 1954. He became Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMCS Qu'Appelle in 1968, Project Manager of the DDH-280 Program at National Defence Headquarters in 1970 and Commander First Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1973. He went on to be Chief of Staff (Sea) in 1974, Director General Maritime Engineering and Maintenance in 1975 and Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Materiel in 1977. His last appointments were as Commander Maritime Command in 1979, in which role he claimed that cutbacks were restricting the activities of Maritime Command, and Deputy Chief of Defence Staff in 1980 before retiring.