Peter Jones (admiral)

Peter David Jones
Born	23 December 1957 Sydney, New South Wales
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Royal Australian Navy
Years of service	1974–2014
Rank	Vice Admiral
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)
Other work	President Australian Naval Institute

Vice Admiral Peter David Jones AO, DSC, RAN (born 23 December 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.^[1]

Early life

Peter Jones was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to Patricia Jane (née Matthews) and Lloyd Arthur Jones on 23 December 1957. He wed Rhonda Leona Payget on 19 March 1989, with whom he has two sons.^[2]

Service history

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".^[3]

Honours and awards

	Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)	June 2012[3]
	Member of the Order of Australia (AM)	10 June 2002[4]
	Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)	27 November 2003[5]
	Australian Active Service Medal
	Afghanistan Medal
	Iraq Medal
	Australian Service Medal
	Defence Force Service Medal with Federation Star	for 40 plus years of service
	Australian Defence Medal
	Legionnaire of the Legion of Merit	(United States)
	Meritorious Unit Citation with Federation Star

Jones has also been awarded:

• the RAN's "Principal Warfare Officer Badge",
• the RAN's "Sea Readiness Badge" with silver star,
• the "Silver Navy Commendation",
• the "Maritime Commander Australia Commendation", and
• the Canadian "Chief of Maritime Staff Commendation".

Notes

1. "New Chief of Capability Development Group announced". Defence News and Media (Department of Defence). 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
2. Singh 2010
3. Officer of the Order of Australia, 2012
4. Member of the Order of Australia, 10 June 2002, For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Commanding Officer HMAS MELBOURNE and Director of Naval Strategy and Futures.
5. Distinguished Service Cross (Australian), 27 November 2003, For distinguished command and leadership as the Commander of Task Group 633.1 and the Coalition Maritime Interception Force during Operation FALCONER.

References

• Singh, Shivani (2010). Who's Who in Australia 2010. Melbourne, Australia: Crown Content. ISBN 1-74095-172-7.

External links

• ADF Biography