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DEATH OF ADMIRAL.

A DISTINGUISHED CAREER. ANZAC LANDING RECALLED. SAILOR .\.VIJ DIPLOMAT. United Press Assn—Elan. Tn]. copyrlznv. (Received May 29, 3.15 pm.) LONDON, May 28‘ The death is announced oi’ Admiral sir uecil 'l‘iiursby, \vliose burly and thicbset llaurc and bulldog Jaw will in: remembered by every .\nzau whose disemburkulion he covered at Gaba 'l'epe. > .\ot only was he a fighting sailor, but, a Ill‘bl—Clnss diplomat. Sir Cecil Thuréb}, who was 7.3 years or age. entered the Navy in 1874, and became Vice-Admiral in 1917 and AL!ntiral in 1919. Ho was in charge of the landing of [he New Zeal-and and Australian [ones at tiaba Two in 191:1. He hecumu Commander—nt-Uhlef in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1917, and tiomnmnder-in—Uliiet‘ at Plymouth in 1919. He relirud in 1921). Sir ueeii rvcmvcd’ many decorations for distinguished seruce. and was a Lluliiiuuildcl'-ul' the Legion of Honour.

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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 8

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DEATH OF ADMIRAL. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 8

DEATH OF ADMIRAL. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 8

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