Answer the following question: Facts: - monarch: edward viii george v - predecessor: the lord gowrie john middleton - lieutenant: sir philip street - commands: hmy victoria and albert hms hyacinth hms ajax - birth date: 11 april 1874 - branch: uk - caption: anderson . at government house upon his arrival in sydney - order: 28th 66th - spouse: dame edith muriel anderson -lrb- nee teschemaker -rrb- - death date: 30 october 1936 - office: governor of new south wales governor of newfoundland - term end: 30 october 1936 12 january 1936 - serviceyears: 1887 -- 1932 - unit: cape station china station africa station - name: sir murray anderson - death place: sydney , australia - birth place: newton-by-chester , cheshire , england - successor: the lord wakehurst humphrey t. walwyn - primeminister: frederick c. alderdice - battles: ashanti campaign world war i - allegiance: united kingdom - term start: 6 august 1936 20 october 1932 - image: david murray anderson.jpg - rank: 15px admiral Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david murray anderson .
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admiral sir david murray anderson , kcb , kcmg , mvo -lrb- 11 april 1874 -- 30 october 1936 -rrb- was a naval officer and governor .anderson served in the royal navy from the age of 13 and served in many colonial wars and was given various empire postings , rising to the rank of admiral in 1931 .he retired a year later and took up the posting as governor of newfoundland , where he also took up the role of chairman of the government following the suspension of self-government in the dominion of newfoundland .leaving newfoundland in 1935 , he was appointed as governor of new south wales but served only briefly due to his ill health .he died while in office aged 62 .