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Vice Admiral Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll, KBE, CB, GM (3 April 1908 – 11 October 1987) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and a diplomat. Born in Melbourne, he entered the Royal Australian Naval College at the age of thirteen and graduated in 1926. Following training and staff appointments in Australia and the United Kingdom, he was attached to the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the Second World War. As torpedo officer of the 1st Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean theatre, McNicoll was decorated with the George Medal in 1941 for disarming enemy ordnance. 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. McNicoll was posted for staff duties with the Admiralty from September

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  • Alan McNicoll (en)
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  • Vice Admiral Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll, KBE, CB, GM (3 April 1908 – 11 October 1987) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and a diplomat. Born in Melbourne, he entered the Royal Australian Naval College at the age of thirteen and graduated in 1926. Following training and staff appointments in Australia and the United Kingdom, he was attached to the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the Second World War. As torpedo officer of the 1st Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean theatre, McNicoll was decorated with the George Medal in 1941 for disarming enemy ordnance. 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. McNicoll was posted for staff duties with the Admiralty from September (en)
  • Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll est un officier supérieur de la Royal Australian Navy (RAN), né le 3 avril 1908 à Melbourne et mort le 11 octobre 1987 à Canberra. À l'âge de treize ans, il entre au Collège royal de la marine australienne et obtient son diplôme en 1926. Après avoir suivi une formation complémentaire et occupé divers postes au sein des états-majors australien et britannique, il est affecté à la Royal Navy au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Durant la campagne de la Méditerranée, il devient officier torpilleur de la 1re Flottille sous-marine et supervise le désarmement des navires ennemis capturés, tâche pour laquelle il est décoré de la médaille de George en 1941. À partir de 1942, il sert à bord du HMS King George V, qui escorte plusieurs convois de l'Arctique et prend part (fr)
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  • Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll (en)
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  • Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll (en)
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  • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (en)
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  • Hawthorn, Victoria (en)
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