Allegiance Australia Role Admiral Name Peter Jones | Rank Vice Admiral Years of service 1974–2014 | |
Born 23 December 1957 (age 66)
Sydney, New South Wales ( 1957-12-23 ) Commands held Chief Capability Development Group
HMAS Melbourne
Australian Surface Task Group Battles/wars War in Afghanistan
Iraq War Awards Officer of the Order of Australia
Distinguished Service Cross
Legionnaire of the Legion of Merit (United States) Battles and wars War in Afghanistan, Iraq War | ||
Service/branch Royal Australian Navy |
Vice Admiral Peter David Jones, (born 1957) is a retired senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), who served as the Chief Capability Development Group (CCDG) from 2011 until his retirement in October 2014. He was succeeded as CCDG by Lieutenant General John Caligari.
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Early life and education
Peter Jones was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to Patricia (née Matthews) and Lloyd Arthur Jones in 1957. He is married to Rhonda Payget with whom he has two sons. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the University of New South Wales. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School
Career
Jones joined the Royal Australian Navy as a midshipman in 1974. He is qualified as a surface warfare specialist.
During Jones's career he has commanded HMAS Melbourne (for which he was made a Member of the Order of Australia), the RAN Task Group in the Persian Gulf and the multinational Maritime Interception Force (MIF) (for which he was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross and the US Legion of Merit). He has also served as the Maritime Interception Operations Screen Commander for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Commander Australian Surface Task Group, Commander Australian Navy Systems Command, Head of ICT Operations/Strategic J6 and Head Capability Systems.
Jones was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and appointed to the position of Chief Capability Development Group in late November 2011, making him at that time the second most senior officer in the RAN behind the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Ray Griggs.
Jones was advanced to an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours list, "For distinguished service as Head Information and Communications Technology Operations and Head Capability Systems in the Capability Development Group".
Since the late 1970s Jones has written on maritime strategy and Australian naval history. On his retirement from the Navy in 2014 Jones completed the book Australia’s Argonauts which will tell the story of the first class of officers to join the Royal Australian Naval College. It was published in 2016 to coincide with the centenary of when that class graduated from the Naval College
Jones is Patron of the Australian Defence Alpine Sports Association, President of the Australian Naval Institute and an Adjunct Professor in the Naval Studies Group at the University of New South Wales (Canberra campus).
Published works
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Jones has also been awarded: