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Name	Eric Eugene Johnston
Born	29 July, 1933 Shanghai, China
Died	26 February, 1997 (aged 63) Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (thyroid)
Cultural Heritage	Spanish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Ramsay, James Maxwell (senior officer)
Education *	Frankston High School (Vic) (student, 1942-1946) Royal Australian Naval College (student, 1947-1950)
Occupation or Descriptor *	navy officer (1950-1980) Federal, Australia governor (1981-1989) Northern Territory, Australia
Military Service *	Vietnam War (navy officer, 1965-1970)
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1975) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1980) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1987)
Key Events *	Cyclone Tracey, Darwin, 1974 (navy officer)
Legacies *	Eric Johnston Lecture (Library and Archives Northern Territory) (eponym) Johnston (Palmerston, NT) (eponym) Johnston territory electorate (NT) (eponym)

* Dates are approximate