Sir Ragnar Colvin left the post of Chief of the Australian Naval Staff because of failing health and returned to London. There he became naval adviser to the Australian High Commission. He continued pressing Australian interests inside Whitehall from 1942 to 1944 despite being technically retired. Diplomatic and institutional work kept his naval experience in service after formal command ended.
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Ragnar Colvin served Australia after leaving command
Ill health ended Colvin's tenure as Australian naval chief but not his usefulness in wartime Whitehall.