| commands = {{HMAS|Perth|D38|6}} (1976–77)<br/>{{HMAS|Vendetta|D08|6}} (1969–70)
| commands = {{HMAS|Perth|D38|6}} (1976–77)<br/>{{HMAS|Vendetta|D08|6}} (1969–70)
| battles = [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]]<br/>[[Vietnam War]]
| battles = [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]]<br/>[[Vietnam War]]
| mawards = [[Officer of the Order of Australia]]<br/>[[Member of the Order of Australia]] (Mil Div)<br/>[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]
| mawards = [[Officer of the Order of Australia]]<br/>[[Member of the Order of Australia]] (Mil Div)<br/>[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]
}}
[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] ”’Eric Eugene Johnston”’ {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|AO|OBE}} (29 July 1933 – 26 February 1997) was a [[Royal Australian Navy]] officer and the [[Administrator of the Northern Territory]] from 1 January 1981 to 1 July 1989.
[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] ”’Eric Eugene Johnston”’ {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|AO|OBE}} (29 July 1933 – 26 February 1997) was a [[Royal Australian Navy]] officer and the [[Administrator of the Northern Territory]] from 1 January 1981 to 1 July 1989.
==Recognition and honours==
==Recognition and honours==
He was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1970,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/honours/honours/person.asp?p=O604 |title=Gazetted Honours}}</ref> and an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] in 1988.
He was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1970,<ref>{{ |=/= |= }}</ref> and an Officer of the Order of Australia in .
The [[Eric Johnston Lectures]] of the [[Northern Territory Library]] were named in his honour. He gave the first lecture in 1986.<ref>{{cite web | title=Eric Johnston Lecture | website=Northern Territory Library | url=https://ntl.nt.gov.au/eric-johnston-lecture | access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>
The [[Eric Johnston Lectures]] of the [[Northern Territory Library]] were named in his honour. He gave the first lecture in 1986.<ref>{{cite web | title=Eric Johnston Lecture | website=Northern Territory Library | url=https://ntl.nt.gov.au/eric-johnston-lecture | access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>
==External links==
==External links==
* [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/johnston-eric-eugene-32121 Biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070901125015/http://www.nt.gov.au/dcis/nta/collection/residents.html#COMMODORE%20ERIC%20EUGENE%20JOHNSTON,%20A.M.,%20O.B.E. Archive of Speeches and documents as Administrator]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070901125015/http://www.nt.gov.au/dcis/nta/collection/residents.html#COMMODORE%20ERIC%20EUGENE%20JOHNSTON,%20A.M.,%20O.B.E. Archive of Speeches and documents as Administrator]
