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Oscar Stanley Dawson
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Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson (13 November 1923 – 23 October 2011) was a four-star admiral in the Indian Navy. He served as the 11th Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 March 1982 to 30 November 1984. 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.
Oscar Stanley was born in Burma on 13 November 1923 to E. S. and Oliva Dawson. The family had origins in the Nadar community of Tamil Nadu and professed Christianity. He received his high school and college education in his hometown Nagercoil, at Scott Christian College. During the Japanese occupation of Burma in March 1942, his family was evacuated back to India.
Upon arriving in India, Dawson continued with college studies, but left to enlist in the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve. He received his commission as a midshipman on 8 January 1943.
He received training as a specialist in navigation and direction in the United Kingdom. During World War II, he participated in the Arakan Campaign 1944-1945 and served on escort convoys in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Following the independence of India, he was absorbed into the Indian Navy, with promotion to lieutenant in 1948.
Among his early assignments, Dawson served as the naval aide-de-camp to the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, during 1953–54. He was promoted lieutenant-commander on 1 April 1956. Following graduation from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in 1957, he served as the navigating officer of .
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