Complex sentence: HMAS "Burdekin" returned to Australia in January 1946, paid off into reserve on 18 April 1946, was declared for disposal on 9 November 1960 and sold for scrap to the Tolo Mining and Smelting Company Limited of Hong Kong on 21 September 1961.
Split into simpler sentences: HMAS "Burdekin" returned to Australia in January 1946 and was paid off from the RAN and placed in reserve on 18 April 1946. She was declared for disposal on 9 November 1960 and sold for scrap to the Tolo Mining and Smelting Company Limited of Hong Kong on 21 September 1961.