Editing Rear admiral (section)

==Australia==
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The [[Royal Australian Navy]] maintains a rank of rear admiral; refer to [[Australian Defence Force ranks and insignia]]. The abbreviation is RADM.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Navy |first=corporateName=Royal Australian |title=Ranks of the Royal Australian Navy |url=https://www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/ranks |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=www.navy.gov.au |language=en}}</ref>

Since the mid-1990s, the insignia of a Royal Australian Navy rear admiral is the [[Crown of St. Edward]] above a crossed sword and baton, above two silver stars, above the word "Australia". Like the [[Royal Navy]] version, the sword is a traditional naval [[cutlass]]. The stars have eight points, unlike the four pointed [[Order of the Bath]] stars used by the army (which are often referred to as "pips"). Prior to 1995, the RAN shoulder board was identical to the [[Rear Admiral (Royal Navy)|Royal Navy]] shoulder board. The Royal Navy shoulder board changed again in 2001 and the Australian and UK shoulder boards are now identical except for the word "Australia".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/uniform-ranks |title=Uniform Ranks |work=Royal Australian Navy |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |access-date=17 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124133502/http://www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/uniform-ranks |archive-date=24 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Rear Admiral [[Robyn Walker]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|AM|RAN}} became the first female admiral in the Royal Australian Navy when she was appointed Surgeon-General of the [[Australian Defence Force]] on 16 December 2011.<ref>{{ cite news |title=First female Admiral for the Royal Australian Navy |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/defencenews/stories/2011/dec/1216.htm |date= 6 December 2011 |publisher=[[Department of Defence (Australia)|Department of Defence]], [[Australian Government]] |work=Defence News }}</ref>