Ken Doolan Royal Australian Naval College. He graduated in 1956, undertook sea training in the frigate in 1957 and in December 1958 graduated from the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon. Significant postings held during his 41-year naval career included: After leaving the Australian Defence Force, Doolan has been: Doolan first came to public notice as national president of the RSL in late September 2009 when he made statements in support of Breeanna Till, the pregnant widow of an Australian serviceman Sergeant Brett Till who was killed in the War in Afghanistan on Operation Slipper in early 2009. In 2017 Doolan became
Old Royal Naval College painted between 1707-1726 by Sir James Thornhill. The hospital closed in 1869 and the remains of thousands of sailors and officers were removed from the hospital site in 1875 and reinterred in East Greenwich Pleasaunce or "Pleasaunce Park". In 1873, four years after the hospital closed, the buildings were converted to a training establishment for the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy finally left the College in 1998 when the site passed into the hands of the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College. Since 1998 the site has had new life breathed into it through a mix of new