Hastings Harrington

Vice Admiral Sir Wilfred Hastings "Arch" Harrington, KBE, CB, DSO (17 May 1906 – 17 December 1965) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1962 to 1965.

[1] He served in the Second World War initially in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra,[2] in which he saw action off the coast of Shatt al-Arab in Iraq in May 1941 and for which role he was mentioned in despatches.

[1][2] Promoted to captain in 1947, he was given command of the destroyer HMAS Warramunga and in 1950 became Director of Manning at the Navy Office in Melbourne.

[1] He took command of the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney in 1955, and following his promotion to rear admiral in 1957, he became Flag Officer, East Australia Area.

[1] On 20 December, the ashes of Vice Admiral Sir Hastings Harrington were scattered from HMAS Vampire off the coast of Sydney.