Ex-Navy officer who served during World War II dead at 97

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    Mumbai, Nov 16 (PTI) Vice Admiral John Thomas Goslin
Pereira (retd), Indian Navy's former Chief of Materials, died
here on Monday after a brief illness, family sources said.
    The 97-year-old was among the last surviving naval
officers who served during the Second World War, Vice Adm I C
Rao (retd), who served with him on board warship INS Delhi in
1958, told PTI.
    Vice Admiral Pereira, who had settled at the Uran
coastal town in adjoining Raigad district after his retirement
in 1979, died in the wee hours at naval hospital INSH Asvini
in south Mumbai, he said.
    'JTG" as he was known in Navy circles, was the Chief
Staff Officer (Tech) of the Western Naval Command during the
1971 war. He was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM)
for distinguished service during the war.
    "It was the painstaking preparation of the fleet and
missile boats under the leadership of JTG which won us laurels
during the 1971 war," Vice Adm Rao said.
    Born in February 1923 at Kannur in Kerala, he was
commissioned in the Royal Navy on May 1, 1944.
    Vice Adm Pereira joined the Royal Naval College
Dartmouth, UK as a cadet in 1939 and graduated from the Royal
Naval Engineering College Plymouth in Mechanical and Marine
Engineering.
    A year later he completed his post-graduation from
Royal Naval College Greenwich, UK, in Advanced Engineering
and Design Propulsion Systems. He was among the 15 selected
from India for an Industrial Management Course conducted by
France in Paris.
    During his four decade-long career in the Navy, he
held with distinction many important appointments both ashore
and at sea. He had also directed the R&D work for the Navy.
    He served in the Mumbai's Naval Dockyard, first as the
Industrial Manager and later as the Admiral Superintendent,
and was instrumental in creating the shipyards Production
Planning and Control Department.
    JTG is survived by son Michael Pereira (71) and
daughter Jennifer (67), Vice Adm Rao said. PTI VT
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