:Henry Burrell (admiral)

Henry Mackay Burrell was born at Wentworth Falls, in the Blue Mountains district of New South Wales. He was the third child and only son of schoolteacher Thomas Burrell and his wife, Eliza.Bateman, "Burrell, Sir Henry Mackay"{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104923964 |title=Missile age "navy architect" retires |newspaper=The Canberra Times | location=Canberra |date=21 February 1962 |access-date=18 December 2013 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Henry's father, who had emigrated from England, joined the Australian Imperial Force aged 55 during World War I, seeing active service in Egypt. His grandfather and great-grandfather had served in the Royal Navy. Henry attended Parramatta High School before entering the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay, on 1 January 1918,Cadman, Who's Who in Australia 1988, p. 160{{cite web|url= http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=N&veteranId=1187636|title= Burrell, Henry Mackay|work= World War 2 Nominal Roll|access-date= 31 August 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131217091429/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=N&veteranId=1187636|archive-date= 17 December 2013|url-status= live}} aged 13.Dennis et al., The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, p. 117 A keen sportsman, he competed in rugby union, tennis and hockey, winning colours for hockey. Burrell graduated from the college in 1921 and became a midshipman the next year. He went to sea first aboard the light cruiser {{HMAS|Sydney|1912|6}} and then the destroyer {{HMAS|Stalwart|H14|6}}. Posted to the United Kingdom for further training in 1924, he served on the light cruiser {{HMS|Caledon|D53|6}} and the battleship {{HMS|Malaya}}.{{cite web|url= http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PR85/377/|title= Burrell, H M (Midshipmen, HMAS Sydney, RAN)|publisher= Australian War Memorial|access-date= 31 August 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131217082957/http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PR85/377/|archive-date= 17 December 2013|url-status= live}} In April 1925, he was promoted to sub-lieutenant, rising to lieutenant by July 1926.

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After attending a Royal Navy course in 1930, Burrell became a specialist navigator, and saw service aboard the minesweeper HMS Pangbourne, destroyers {{HMAS|Tattoo}} and {{HMAS|Stuart|D00|2}}, and cruiser {{HMAS|Brisbane|1915|6}}. He married Margaret MacKay at Scots' Church, Melbourne, on 27 December 1933. Burrell was promoted to lieutenant commander in July 1934, and graduated from an advanced navigation course the next year.

Burrell served on exchange with the Royal Navy as navigator aboard the cruisers {{HMS|Coventry|D43|6}} and {{HMS|Devonshire|39|6}}, the latter during her tour of duty in the Spanish Civil War.Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 97 Described as being "egalitarian" and "approachable", his familiarity with ratings earned him the criticism of Devonshire{{'}}s captain. Burrell, however, believed that a close relationship between officers and men was necessary for the smooth running of a ship.Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy in World War II , p. 122 After completing the Royal Navy's staff course in 1938, he returned to Australia and was appointed staff officer (operations) at the Navy Office, Melbourne, in March 1939.Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 60

Gill, [http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1070315--1-.PDF Royal Australian Navy, 1939–1942, p. 56] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221754/http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1070315--1-.PDF |date=17 December 2013 }}

It was Burrell's first shore-based position, and he spent the next four months bringing naval sections of the War Book (preparations for war) up to date.

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Burrell was still based at the Navy Office when World War II broke out in September 1939. A reorganisation of the headquarters in May 1940 saw him promoted to commander and given the new role of Director of Operations, overseeing troop convoys and their air cover, local defence, and staffing issues.

Gill, [http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1070347--1-.PDF Royal Australian Navy, 1939–1942, pp. 418–419] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221711/http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1070347--1-.PDF |date=17 December 2013 }}

Burrell's "full knowledge of Australian naval plans and resources" led to Prime Minister Robert Menzies personally nominating him to participate in staff talks with representatives of the Royal Navy and US Navy in October. Soon after, he was posted as the first Australian naval attaché to Washington, D.C., in an effort to improve communications with the US in light of the threat from Japan.Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 116 Burrell was credited with helping to foster closer cooperation between the two navies in the Pacific region. He also warned the Australian government that Britain and the US would adopt a "Germany-first" strategy in the event of war with Japan, and that the US was prepared to weaken its Pacific fleet to help secure the Atlantic.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101975441 |title=RAN loses a distinguished commander |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Canberra|date=10 February 1988 |access-date=18 December 2013 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

Posted to Britain, Burrell was appointed commanding officer of the newly commissioned N-class destroyer {{HMAS|Norman|G49|6}} on 15 September 1941.

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The ship's first operation was transporting a Trade Union Congress delegation led by Sir Walter Citrine to Archangel, Russia. After returning to Britain, she steamed to the Indian Ocean to join Admiral Sir James Somerville's Eastern Fleet at Addu Atoll, Maldives, on 26 February 1942. Following the Eastern Fleet's withdrawal to Kilindini, Kenya, Norman took part in the capture of Diego Suarez on Madagascar on 7 May. Later that month, she was reassigned to the Mediterranean and in June was involved in Operation Vigorous, an unsuccessful attempt to resupply the besieged island of Malta.{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-norman-i|title=HMAS Norman (I)|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=31 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217075122/http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-norman-i|archive-date=17 December 2013|url-status=live}} Transferred back to the Indian Ocean, Burrell led Norman in the second campaign of the Battle of Madagascar in September, and was mentioned in despatches on 19 February 1943 for his "bravery and resource" during the operation.{{cite web|url=http://static.awm.gov.au/collection/images/large/RCDIG1068969/RCDIG1068969--389-.JPG|title=Recommendation: Mention in Dispatches|publisher=Australian War Memorial|access-date=31 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221816/http://static.awm.gov.au/collection/images/large/RCDIG1068969/RCDIG1068969--389-.JPG|archive-date=17 December 2013}}{{London Gazette|issue=35915|date=19 February 1943|page=935 |supp=y}} By this time Norman was escorting convoys in the Pacific, before deploying to the South Atlantic for anti-submarine duties in April–May.Gill, [http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1070427--1-.PDF Royal Australian Navy, 1942–1945, pp. 296–297] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020121935/http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1070427--1-.PDF |date=20 October 2013 }}

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On 23 June 1943, Burrell relinquished command of Norman and returned to the Navy Office, Melbourne, as Director of Plans. Having been divorced from his first wife Margaret in November 1941, he married mineralogist Ada Weller (also known as Ada Coggan) on 21 April 1944; the couple had a son and two daughters. Burrell took charge of the RAN's latest {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer (1936)|0}} destroyer, {{HMAS|Bataan|I91|6}}, at her commissioning in Sydney on 25 May 1945. Arriving on the scene too late to see action, the ship was deployed to Japan via the Philippines in July, docking in Tokyo on 31 August. There she participated in the formal surrender ceremonies that took place on 2 September aboard {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}}. Bataan remained in Japan as Australian Squadron representative until November, assisting with the repatriation of inmates from Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-bataan|title= HMAS Bataan|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=31 August 2013}} On a mission to one such camp at Sendai, Burrell located crewmen from the light cruiser {{HMAS|Perth|D29|6}}, which had been sunk in the early hours of 1 March 1942 during the Battle of Sunda Strait; 320 of her complement of 680 survived the sinking, 105 dying in captivity.

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Burrell's first appointment following the cessation of hostilities was as commander of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla. He was promoted captain in June 1946, and became Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) that October. As DCNS, Burrell played a major role in establishing the Navy's Fleet Air Arm and preparing for the introduction of carrier-based aircraft. He was appointed an aide-de-camp to Governor-General William McKell in July 1947.{{cite book|author=Commonwealth of Australia (Navy Office)|date=October 1947|title=The Navy List|location=Melbourne|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Navy_List-October-1947.pdf|page=39|access-date=20 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055844/http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Navy_List-October-1947.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}} From October 1948 to the end of 1949, Burrell served as commanding officer of the heavy cruiser {{HMAS|Australia|D84|6}}, flagship of the RAN. Posted to Britain in 1950, he attended the Imperial Defence College, London, and spent two years as Assistant Australian Defence Representative. He took command of the light aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Vengeance|R71|6}} on 2 December 1952, less than three weeks after she was commissioned into the RAN after transfer from the Royal Navy. The ship began working up for deployment to the Korean War in June 1953, but in the end her place was taken by the carrier {{HMAS|Sydney|R17|6}}. Vengeance was involved in a collision with HMAS Bataan near the Cocos Islands on 5 April 1954, while acting as part of the escort for the Royal Yacht of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during their inaugural tour of Australia, but continued on duty.{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-vengeance|title=HMAS Vengeance|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=31 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217083322/http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-vengeance|archive-date=17 December 2013|url-status=live}}

Completing his tour as captain of Vengeance, Burrell briefly resumed the role of Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff in August 1954. The next month he was made an aide-de-camp to the Queen.{{cite book|author=Commonwealth of Australia (Navy Office)|date=January 1955|title=The Navy List|location=Melbourne|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Navy_List-January-1955.pdf|page=58|access-date=20 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124312/http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Navy_List-January-1955.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}} Burrell was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1955 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=40367|date=31 December 1954|page=39 |supp=y}} In February he became Flag Officer of the Australian Fleet, with the acting rank of rear admiral; this was made substantive in July. On 12 May 1956, he hoisted his standard aboard the recently arrived aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}}, marking her replacement of sister ship HMAS Sydney as flagship of the RAN.{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-melbourne-ii |title=HMAS Melbourne (II) |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |access-date=31 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212202838/http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-melbourne-ii |archive-date=12 December 2013 }} Burrell was posted soon afterwards to the Navy Office, Canberra, to redevelop the service's officer structure, leading to a new General List of officers' seniority. He served as Second Naval Member (Personnel) from September 1956 until January 1958, when he again became Flag Officer of the Australian Fleet. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1959 New Years Honours,{{London Gazette|issue=41590|date=30 December 1958|page=37 |supp=y}} Burrell was raised to vice admiral on 24 February and became First Naval Member, the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS). He succeeded Vice Admiral Sir Roy Dowling.Rose, The Navy Miscellany, pp. 515–516

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As CNS, Vice Admiral Burrell had to contend with a threat by Defence Minister Athol Townley to disband the Navy's fixed-wing Fleet Air Arm capability by 1963, but gained approval for a major vessel re-equipment drive that was to include new submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, and auxiliaries.Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, pp. 187–188 This led among other things to the procurement of British {{sclass|Oberon|submarine}}s, selected by Burrell when his original preference for an Australian-built craft proved too expensive, as well as {{sclass2|Ton|minesweeper||ship}}s and the Navy's first purpose-designed hydrographic survey ship, {{HMAS|Moresby|1963|6}}. The re-equipment program also resulted in augmentation of the RAN's rotary-wing assets with Westland Wessex anti-submarine warfare helicopters. Most significant was the purchase of three {{sclass|Charles F. Adams|destroyer|0}} guided-missile destroyers, a decision of "ingenuity and forethought" on the part of Burrell and Navy Minister John Gorton, according to historian Tom Frame.Frame, No Pleasure Cruise, p. 284 The CNS and his minister enjoyed a close working relationship; Burrell declared that Gorton "deserves our thanks for his efforts", and Gorton called Burrell "one of the most honest, sincere and most dedicated sailors".Hancock, John Gorton, pp. 90, 95

The purchase of the destroyers signalled a shift in reliance for equipment from Britain to the United States that was contrary to prevailing Australian defence policy at the time, particularly in what historian Jeffrey Grey described as "the most British of the Australian services, the RAN", and provoked pressure from the Royal Navy and UK shipbuilders, which had lobbied for purchase of their {{sclass2|County|destroyer}}.Grey, Up Top, p. 21 Burrell later declared that the superiority of the US weapons system was a key factor in his preference for the Adams design over the County class.Jones; Goldrick, Struggling for a Solution, pp. 7–12 On a mission overseas to discuss trends and acquisitions in January 1960, he was rebuffed by Britain's Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Louis Mountbatten, who mistakenly thought him responsible for the imminent dissolution of the RAN's Fleet Air Arm, but warmly welcomed by the US Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Arleigh Burke. As it happened, Burrell would gain credit for maintaining the integrity of the FAA, and its fixed-wing component remained viable until the early 1980s.{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/history/museums/fleet-air-arm-museum |work=Fleet Air Arm Museum |title=Helos take over (1984) |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |access-date=31 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212000638/http://www.navy.gov.au/history/museums/fleet-air-arm-museum |archive-date=12 February 2013 |url-status=live }} He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours, gazetted on 3 June 1960.{{London Gazette|issue=42052|date=3 June 1960|page=4009 |supp=y}} In June 1961, he met with his opposite numbers in the Army and Air Force at a Chiefs of Staff Committee conference to discuss the necessity of Australia acquiring nuclear weapons; the chiefs agreed that the probability such a capability would be required was remote but that it should remain an option under certain circumstances, a position the defence forces maintained during the ensuing decade.Stephens, Going Solo, p. 368

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Burrell made his farewell to the Australian Fleet aboard HMAS Melbourne at Jervis Bay on 8 February 1962.{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-voyager-ii|title=HMAS Voyager (II)|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=31 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219075619/http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-voyager-ii|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=live}} He left the Navy on 23 February, and was succeeded as CNS by Vice Admiral Hastings Harrington.{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/biography/vice-admiral-sir-wilfred-hastings-harrington|title=Vice Admiral Sir Wilfred Hastings Harrington|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=18 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723080349/http://www.navy.gov.au/biography/vice-admiral-sir-wilfred-hastings-harrington|archive-date=23 July 2013|url-status=live}} Burrell retired to Illogan Park, his property near Braidwood in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. His son Stuart followed him into the Royal Australian Naval College in 1963.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104258015 |title=Building a family tradition |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Canberra |date=2 February 1963 |access-date=18 December 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} In retirement Burrell enjoyed horse racing as a gambler and as the owner of several successful mounts. During the 1960s, he was also a member of the ACT Regional Selection Committee of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105762078 |title=ANU head is trust choice |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Canberra |date=22 July 1965 |access-date=18 December 2013 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107058115 |title=Chairman appointed |newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=Canberra|date=18 June 1968 |access-date=18 December 2013 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

Burrell suffered a serious heart attack in 1980, having been diagnosed with cardiac problems shortly after his retirement from the Navy. His wife Ada died in August 1981. In 1986, Burrell published his memoirs as Mermaids Do Exist: The Autobiography of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Burrell, reflecting on what he described as a "lucky" career, and offering his thoughts on maritime strategy.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119477404 |title=Lessons from a 'lucky' career |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Canberra |date=24 January 1987 |access-date=18 December 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} He died on 9 February 1988 in Woden Valley Hospital. Survived by his three children, Burrell was buried in Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory, after a private funeral. The Burrell Cup doubles tennis trophy, established by the admiral in 1955, completed its 58th year of competition in March 2013.{{cite news|url=http://navynews.realviewdigital.com/?iid=74846&startpage=page0000023&xml=defencenews_navy.xml|last=Brooke|first=Michael|title=Victory fine in theory|newspaper=Navy News|date=14 March 2013|page=23|access-date=18 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219004846/http://navynews.realviewdigital.com/?iid=74846&startpage=page0000023&xml=defencenews_navy.xml|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=live}}

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