Captain John Bury (28 July 1915 - 17 October 2006) was a master mariner and Elder Brother of Trinity House. He was involved in the adoption of a standardising buoyage system internationally. Bury was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. He parents were Welsh immigrants who had taken up farming on the Canadian prairie, but later returned to Wales. Bury took up a maritime career in 1931, becoming an apprentice on the Anchor Line. Wikipedia
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