Chief and author: Wemyss-Gorman unveils life story
JAMAICA’S Chief of Defence Staff Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman launched her memoir on Sunday, May 31, 2026 to much acclaim at Jamaica Officers Club, Up Park Camp.
The memoir, Life, Duty and Command, is the first penned by Wemyss-Gorman and gives insights into her life growing up in Top Alston, Clarendon, through to her years in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) — from the day she enlisted to January 2022 when she made history by being appointed the only female head of an armed force globally.
Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman is obviously pleased with these custom-branded coconuts promoting the title of her first memoir, at the launch on Sunday, May 31, 2026 at Up Park Camp. (Photos: Garfield Robinson)
Chief of Defence Staff and now author Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman (second right) is the pride of (from left ) her sister Claudia Kong-Folkes, mother Marie Freckleton, and cousin Phillip Freckleton Jr on Sunday when Wemyss-Gorman launched her first memoir at Up Park Camp, the Jamaica Defence Force headquarters.
Chief of Defence Staff Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman gets support from Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake (left) and National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang at the launch of her first memoir, Life, Duty and Command, at Up Park Camp, the Jamaica Defence Force headquarters, on Sunday.
Strong military support for the launch of Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman’s first memoir on Sunday is delivered by (from left) Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady; former Chief of Defence Staff Major General (Ret’d) Stewart Saunders; and Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Hardley Lewin, also a former chief of defence staff.
