Rear Admiral Robert Geoffrey (‘Geoff’) Loosli CBE

CHIEF OF NAVY SIGNAL

1. WITH SADNESS, I INFORM YOU OF THE PASSING OF REAR ADMIRAL ROBERT 
GEOFFREY LOOSLI, CBE, RAN (RETD), AGED 90. ON BEHALF OF OUR NAVY, I 
EXTEND SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIFE, JOCELYN, AND FAMILY
2. RADM LOOSLI HAD A DISTINGUISHED NAVAL CAREER, JOINING THE RANC IN
1940 AND RETIRING AS A RADM IN 1981. FROM 1943-44 HE TRAINED AND SERVED
IN RN DESTROYERS, RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA IN 1945 WHEN HE SERVED IN 
HMA SHIPS ARUNTA AND KANIMBLA
3. IN THE POST-WAR YEARS, HE COMPLETED SPECIALIST TRAINING AT HMS DRYAD
IN THE UK BEFORE SERVING AS XO HMAS ANZAC. RADM LOOSLI LATER COMMANDED 
HMA SHIPS GASCOYNE 1960-62, STUART 1967-69, BRISBANE 1971 (VIETNAM), 
AND SUPPLY 1972–74
4. ASHORE RADM LOOSLI SERVED AS OIC OF THE RAN TRIALS AND ASSESSING
UNIT IN 1974, NAVAL ATTACHÉ WASHINGTON 1975-79 AND WAS A GRADUATE OF
THE UK JOINT SERVICES STAFF COLLEGE AND US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE. HIS
FINAL RAN POSTING WAS AS CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND
PLANS 1979-81
5. RADM LOOSLI WAS ALSO A MAJOR SUPPORTER OF THE SYDNEY LEGACY BRANCH
FOR MANY YEARS IN RETIREMENT 
6. RADM LOOSLI’S FUNERAL WILL BE A PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICE.