☺Can anyone help with any information regarding Cedric Burns – Ex HMNZS Taranaki – Query from a…

My dad’s full name is Cedric William John Burns – he was always called Rick Burns here in Australia.
 
My dad would be 76 now if he were still alive – born 23/9/1939.  I know dad was 21 when I was born in Feb 1962 and I was born in Auckland while they were living on the Navy base.  He would have left the Navy probably around 3 years later.  He joined the Navy at or before age 17 (might have been younger) and I know that he sailed with HMNZS Taranaki on its maiden voyage from England in 1960/61.  While in England he met and married my mum Jacqueline (Jackie).  She came out to NZ on a ship with a number of other women.  I also know that dad was on a ship at the Christmas Island bomb tests which I think was in 1957.
 
I would love to be able to know more.