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Sir Allan Frederic Everett (22 February 1868 – 22 January 1938) was a

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officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1921 to 1923.

Naval services

Born the fourth son of Colonel John Frederic Everett,Edward Walford, ''The county families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland'' (Volume ed.59, yr.1919). (page 122 of 416)
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as a

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in 1884. He became Captain of the Fleet for the

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in 1913 and at the start of the

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found himself on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet. He was made Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1915 and Aide-de-Camp to

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in 1916. He became Naval Secretary later that year and served in that role during the closing stages of the war. He was given command of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron in October 1918. After the war he was given command of the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic, before becoming First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff in 1921 and then Commander-in-Chief, China Station in November 1924. He suffered a breakdown in April 1925 and was relieved of his command shortly thereafter. He retired in 1926. He died in

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in January 1938.Death of Admiral Sir Allan Everett
The Melbourne Argus, 24 January 1938

Family

In 1899 he married Michaelangela Katherine Carr.

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