Oscar Stanley Dawson

Oscar Stanley Dawson
7th High Commissioner of India to New Zealand
In office
August 1985 – August 1987
Preceded byA. K. Budhiraja
Succeeded byC.R. Balachandra
26th Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
5 September 1984 – 30 November 1984
PresidentZail Singh (Acting)
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded byDilbagh Singh
Succeeded byArun Shridhar Vaidya
10th Chief of the Naval Staff (India)
In office
1 March 1982 – 30 November 1984
PresidentNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Zail Singh
Mohammad Hidayatullah (Acting)
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded byRonald Lynsdale Pereira
Succeeded byRadhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
Personal details
Born(1923-11-13)13 November 1923
British Burma, British Raj
(now Myanmar)
Died23 October 2011(2011-10-23) (aged 87)
Bangalore, India
Resting placeBangalore, India
Alma materScott Christian College
Military service
Allegiance British India (1943–1947)
 India (from 1947)
Branch/service Royal Indian Navy
 Indian Navy
Years of service1943–1984
Rank Admiral
CommandsChief of the Naval Staff
Southern Naval Command
Eastern Fleet
INS Nilgiri (F33)
INS Talwar (F140)
Battles/warsWorld War II
Liberation of Goa
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards

Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson (13 November 1923 – 23 October 2011) was a four-star admiral in the Indian Navy. He served as the 10th Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 March 1982 to 30 November 1984.[1] From 1983 until his retirement, he also served as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Indian Armed Forces. He previously served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Southern Naval Command and Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF). Adm Dawson was also the Director of Naval Operations during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.

After retirement, Admiral Dawson served as the Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand. He also campaigned for a number of environmental causes and worked on the rehabilitation of disabled people. Admiral Dawson died of cerebral haemorrhage at the Command Hospital, Bangalore in October 2011.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson, PVSM, AVSM". Information Resource Facilitation Centre, Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Former Chief of Naval Staff Dawson dead". Deccan Chronicle. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson Former Indian Navy Chief Passes Away". Frontier India News Network (FINN). 23 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[permanent dead link]