Phillip George Evatt, DSC (2 July 1922 – 20 March 2010) was an Australian naval officer and jurist who serviced as a judge on the Federal Court of Australia from 1977 to 1987.
[1][2] Evatt received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney.
He served as lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy from 1940 to 1946, including on the British submarine HMS Tapir.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his part in the sinking of German submarine U-486 in 1945.
Evatt presided over a Royal Commission into the use of chemical agents in the Vietnam War.