Alan McNicoll
Vice Admiral Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll, KBE, CB, GM, was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy and a diplomat. Born in Melbourne, he entered the RAN at the age of thirteen and graduated in 1926. He served aboard HMS King George V from 1942, sailing in support of several Arctic convoys and taking part in the Allied invasion of Sicily. In 1968, he was appointed as the inaugural Australian Ambassador to Turkey. He died in Canberra in 1987, aged 79, and was survived by his wife, Ruth, and their two children, Timmins and Timmins, and a son and daughter-in-law, both of whom died in infancy.
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Vice Admiral Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll, KBE, CB, GM, was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy and a diplomat. Born in Melbourne, he entered the RAN at the age of thirteen and graduated in 1926. He was attached to the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the Second World War. He served aboard HMS King George V from 1942, sailing in support of several Arctic convoys and taking part in the Allied invasion of Sicily. His career culminated with his promotion to vice admiral and appointment as First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff in February 1965. In 1968, he was appointed as the inaugural Australian Ambassador to Turkey. He died in Canberra in 1987, aged 79, and was survived by his wife, Ruth, and their two children, Timmins and Timmins, and a son and daughter-in-law, both of whom died in infancy. He is buried in St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Brighton, England, with his wife and two children. He also leaves behind a wife and three children, all of whom were born in Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia, and two step-daughters, who live in Sydney and Sydney respectively. His last will and testament will be published by the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, on 20 June 2013. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org for details.
In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For confidential help in the United States, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-877-273 8255. For support in the Middle East, call the Samaritans on 8457 909090 or visit the U.S.-based Samaritans. For help in Europe, call the United States on 08457 908090, or the UK on 8457 909090, or Europe on-line at www.suspectlifelines.org. For more information on the Australian White Ensign, visit www.australianwhiteensign.com. For information on how to donate to the Australian War Memorial, visit www.AustralianWarMemorial.gov.au. For details on the Royal Naval College, visit the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay, Melbourne, or click here. For a copy of his book Sea Voices, on which he wrote a number of poems, see Sea Voices, a book of poems centred on naval life, published in 1935 on 1 April 1935 on. 1 April 1938, he married Ruth Timmins at St Stephen’s Church of England at Brighton. For the first time in his life, he had a child, Stephen, who was born on 18 May 1937.
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