Feb-Mar-Apr, May-June-July 1972 - Navy League of Australia

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Meet the
FEDERAL PRESIDENT
Commander F. G. Evans first became associated with
the Navy League Sea Cadets in 1948 and became Deputy
State Commandant in Victoria, and also a member of the
State Executive Committee of the League.
He was actively involved in the reorganisation
of the Sea Cadet movement
in the early "fifties and the
formation of the Australian Sea
Cadet Corps as it is today
Commander Evans was Commanding
Officer of the Australian
Contingent at the Empire Sea Cadet
Training Course in England in 1952.
and was appointed Senior Officer of
the Victorian Division in 1953.
He has been a member of the
Federal Council of the Navy League
and the Sea Cadet Council since they
were first formed, and was elected
President of the Victorian Division
in 1967
Commander Evans was a member
of the Sea Cadet Rationalisation
Committee which reported on the
Sea Cadet organisation in the late
nineteen sixties. This report was subsequently
accepted by the Naval
Board and is in the process of implementation
at the present time.
Commander Evans manages his
family's business in Melbourne, but
in between times served as A.D.C. to
the Governor of Victoria (the late Sir
Dallas Brooks) in 1956. and as
Private Secretary in 1962-3.
Following his election as Federal
President late last year. Commander
Evans called on the Governor-General
on Monday. 23 January
and also held discussions with the
Chief of Naval Staff. Vice Admiral Sir
Richard Peek; the Chairman of the
The Federal PreeJdent of the Navy League of
Australia. Commander F. G. Cvana, M.6.E.. PtD..
RJLN.lt
Chiefs of Staff Committee. Admiral
Sir Victor Smith and on Tuesday
morning, the Secretary of the
Department of the Navy. Mr.
Landau.
Opportunity was also taken to
discuss Navy League and Sea Cadet
affairs with the Director of Naval
Reserves. Captain B. L. Cleary. the
President of the A.C.T. Division of
the Navy League. Commander John
Howse. The President was also able
to meet Dr. T. B. Millar. Fellow in
International Relations. Strategic
and Defence Studies Centre. Australian
National University — the
author of several books and papers
on Australian Defence.
In Sydney. Commander Evans
called on Rear Admiral Graham. Flag
Officer Commanding East Australia
Area and also contacted Rear Admiral
H. A. Showers. President of the
New South Wales Division of the
Navy League.
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