Martin Holzberger

Warrant Officer Martin Grant Holzberger AM, CSC is a retired senior sailor of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) who served as the 7th Warrant Officer of the Navy from 2012 to 2016.[1]

Martin Grant Holzberger
Warrant Officer Holzberger in July 2013
AllegianceAustralia
Service/branchRoyal Australian Navy
Years of service1987–2016
RankWarrant Officer
Commands heldWarrant Officer of the Navy
Battles/warsWar in Afghanistan
AwardsMember of the Order of Australia
Conspicuous Service Cross
Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal (United States)

Holzberger joined the RAN in 1987 as a submariner and served on various submarines, including Chief of the Boat on HMAS Sheean.[2]

In 2004 Holzberger was selected for an exchanged with the United States Navy Pacific Fleet. In 2007 he was selected by the Ships Warrant Officer selection board and then joined HMAS Warramunga as the Ships Warrant Officer.[3] He was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in 2012 for his service in this role.[4]

Holzberger was appointed Command Warrant Officer – Fleet Command in March 2010 and in 2012 he became the seventh Warrant Officer of the Navy.[1] He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2015,[5] and retired in April the following year.

Holzeberger visits the USS George Washington

References
  1. "Official Biography". Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Maskell, POWTR Andy (June 2007). "SWO appointments". Navy News. 50 (10).
  4. "It's an Honour". Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  5. http://news.navy.gov.au/en/Jan2015/People/1747/Australia-Day-2015-Honours---Navy's-most-Senior-Sailor.htm#.Vi39fLcrLIU
Military offices
Preceded by
Mark Tandy		 Warrant Officer of the Navy
2012–2016		 Succeeded by
Gary Wight
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