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|name= Harold Bruce Farncomb |image= Harold Farncomb.jpg |image_size= 250px |alt= |caption= Commodore Harold Farncomb on the bridge of HMAS Shropshire, July 1945 |birth_date= {{birth date|1899|2|28|df=yes}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1971|2|12|1899|2|28|df=yes}} |birth_place= North Sydney, New South Wales |death_place= Darlinghurst, New South Wales |placeofburial= |nickname= Uncle Hal, Fearless Frank |allegiance= Australia |branch= Royal Australian Navy |serviceyears= 1912–1951 |rank= Rear Admiral |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= HM Australian Squadron (1944–45, 1946–49) {{HMS|Attacker|D02|6}} (1944) {{HMAS|Australia|D84|6}} (1941–44) {{HMAS|Canberra|D33|6}} (1940–41) {{HMAS|Perth|D29|6}} (1939–40) {{HMAS|Yarra|U77|6}} (1937–38) |battles= First World War Second World War
|awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Member of the Royal Victorian Order Mentioned in Despatches (3) Navy Cross (United States) Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) |relations= |laterwork= Barrister and solicitor }} Rear Admiral Harold Bruce Farncomb {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CB|DSO|MVO}} (28 February 1899 – 12 February 1971) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) who served in the First and Second World Wars, and as a lawyer. He was the first Australian-born RAN officer to reach a flag rank in the RAN.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} The Collins class submarine {{HMAS|Farncomb|SSG 74|6}} is named in his honour. Early lifeHarold Farncomb was born in North Sydney, New South Wales on 28 February 1899, the second child of Frank Farncomb and Helen Louisa Farncomb, née Sampson. The family lived in Gordon on the north shore of Sydney. He attended Gordon Public School and Sydney Boys' High School before entering the Royal Australian Naval College (RANC) at age 13 in the RANC's first intake. Farncomb excelled academically at the RANC, graduating with very impressive scores and topped his final year (1916).[1][1] On completing his studies at the RANC he was promoted to midshipman on 1 January 1917 and left immediately on the steamer Naldera for training with the Royal Navy. Farncomb was stationed on board the battleship {{HMS|Royal Sovereign|05|6}} in April 1917.[1] Naval career{{Expand section|date=May 2008}}Farncomb served on Royal Sovereign until shortly after the end of World War I. On leaving Royal Sovereign Farncomb was promoted to sub-lieutenant and sent to {{HMS|Excellent|shore establishment|6}} on Whale Island for course training. After completing training at Whale Island Farncomb was transferred to Woolsher, a small craft attached to the destroyer force at the Firth of Forth. He then received his first posting in Australia; stationed on board {{HMAS|Stalwart|H14|6}} for a year as a gunnery officer, this posting was followed by a year on the staff of Commodore Percy Addison, Commodore Commanding the Australia Squadron (CCAS).[2] In May 1925, after a 10-month war staff course in the United Kingdom, he took a posting as a staff officer (operations) with the CCAS. Naval career summary
Post-military life{{Expand section|date=April 2009}}Farncomb left the service in 1951 and learned Latin to enable him to study for the Barristers' Admission Board examinations. Admitted to the Bar on 6 June 1958, he developed a reasonably busy practice in Sydney and subsequently joined the solicitors, Alfred Rofe & Sons.[1] A street in the town of Narooma is named in Farncomb's honour.[3] Heart disease eventually led to his retirement. Personal lifeOn 31 March 1927 at Trinity Congregational Church, Strathfield, Sydney, he married Jean Ross Nott; they were to remain childless. "Jean provided staunch support throughout the vicissitudes of her husband's career".[1] Retirement and deathSurvived by his wife, Farncomb died of heart failure on 12 February 1971 in St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, and was cremated with Anglican rites. His ashes were scattered at sea on 2 March from the flight deck of his last flagship, {{HMAS|Sydney|R17|6}}, off the coast of Western Australia.[4] References1. ^1 2 Alan Zammit, 'Farncomb, Harold Bruce (1899–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp 139–141. 2. ^1 2 David Stevens, ed. 1996. The Royal Australian Navy in World War II. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. {{ISBN|1-74114-184-2}} pp. 234–235 3. ^Australia's Argonauts: The remarkable story of the first class to enter the Royal Australian Naval College, Echo Books, Canberra, 2016, p.580 4. ^{{cite book |last=Lind |first=Lew |title=The Royal Australian Navy: Historic Naval Events Year by Year |edition=2nd |year=1986 |publisher=Reed Books |location=Frenchs Forest, NSW |isbn=0-7301-0071-5 |oclc=16922225 |page=281}} External links{{commons|Harold Farncomb}}
title=Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron| before=Commodore John Collins| after=Rear Admiral John Eccles }}{{Succession box| title=Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron| before=Captain Charles Nichols| after=Commodore John Collins| years=1944–1945| }}{{S-end}}{{Fleet Commander of the Royal Australian Navy}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2011}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Farncomb, Harold}} 11 : 1899 births|1971 deaths|Australian military personnel of World War I|Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Australian Companions of the Order of the Bath|Australian Members of the Royal Victorian Order|Commanders of the Legion of Merit|People from New South Wales|Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States)|Royal Australian Navy admirals|Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II |
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