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Vice Admiral Sir Guido James Willis (18 October 1923 – 15 June 2003) was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) who rose to the rank of vice admiral. He joined the RAN in 1937, saw active service during World War II and the Korean War, and was Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) from 1979 to 1982 before retiring. ==Early career== James Willis was born at Learmonth, Victoria in 1923 and later brought up in Mount Gambier, South Australia. His father, Dr J.R.L. Willis, had served in the British Royal Navy and the RAN during World War I. Willis attended Wesley College in Melbourne and entered the Royal Australian Naval College in 1937. His younger brother Allan entered the college in 1940. Willis completed his officer training in 1940 and was posted to the heavy cruiser HMAS ''Canberra'', joining the ship on Boxing Day. He remained with ''Canberra'' until December 1941 when he joined the British destroyer HMS ''Kingston'' which was engaged in escorting convoys traveling from Egypt to Malta. Willis transferred to the battleship in early 1942 and later undertook a course in the United Kingdom.〔 After completing his course Willis returned to Australia in April 1943 where he was posted to HMAS ''Nepal'' as a gunnery control officer. He was removed from this position and transferred to navigation duties, however, following an incident in which a large number of practice rounds were fired without being aimed.〔 Willis was promoted to lieutenant in August 1943 and remained with ''Nepal'' until early 1945. During this time the ship operated throughout the Indian Ocean. At the start of 1945 he was posted to the British Pacific Fleet as executive officer of HMAS ''Barcoo'' and saw action with this ship in the Dutch East Indies until the end of the war.〔 After a brief period at HMAS Cerberus, the RAN's training depot, Willis was given his first command, the corvette HMAS ''Latrobe''.〔 In 1947 he went to the United Kingdom for specialist navigation and fighter direction training. He topped this course and achieved a record mark of 100 percent for astronomical navigation. Willis returned to Australia in 1949 on board the aircraft carrier HMAS ''Sydney''. He was married to Dr Helen Turner later in the year and joined HMAS ''Warramunga'' as flotilla navigation officer. Willis served on board the ship during its six-month-long deployment to Korean waters during the Korean War from late 1950 to early 1951 before being sent to the United Kingdom for further specialist training. At the end of this course he was promoted to lieutenant commander and was a senior instructor with the Royal Navy's navigation training school HMS ''Dryad'' for two years. He later attended the Royal Navy's staff college at Greenwich before returning to Australia with HMAS ''Tobruk''.〔 On his return to Australia Willis joined HMAS ''Sydney'' as fleet navigation officer until he transferred to the aircraft carrier HMAS ''Melbourne'' when she first arrived in Australia during 1956. He commanded the naval contingent which lined the streets of Melbourne during the 1956 Summer Olympics before moving to a shore posting in December that year.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Willis (admiral)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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