Vice Admiral Sir Henry Mackay Burrell, KBE, CB, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Chief of the Naval Staff from 1959 to 1962. Burrell was born in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. His grandfather and great-grandfather had served in the British Royal Navy.
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Vice Admiral Sir Henry Mackay Burrell, KBE, CB, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Chief of the Naval Staff from 1959 to 1962. Burrell was born in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, and was a keen sportsman. His grandfather and great-grandfather had served in the British Royal Navy. In the 1920s and 1930s, Burrell served for several years on exchange with the Royal Navy, specialising as a navigator. During World War II, he filled a key liaison post with the US Navy, and later saw action as commander of the destroyer HMAS Norman, earning a mention in despatches. He retired to his farm near Canberra in 1962 and published his memoirs, Mermaids Do Exist, in 1986. He died two years later, aged 83, and is buried at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, NSW. He was awarded a KBE in 1960 and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1959, and knighted in 1960. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. For support in the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
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