Martin Holzberger

Martin Grant Holzberger
Warrant Officer Holzberger in July 2013
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Royal Australian Navy
Years of service	1987–2016
Rank	Warrant Officer
Commands held	Warrant Officer of the Navy
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia Conspicuous Service Cross Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal (United States)

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]

Naval career

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 2 "Official Biography". Retrieved 23 August 2013.
↑ http://www.navy.mil/search/print.asp?story_id=2419&VIRIN=1846&imagetype=1&page=1
↑ Maskell, POWTR Andy (June 2007). "SWO appointments". Navy News. 50 (10).
↑ "Its an Honour". Retrieved 23 August 2013.
↑ 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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