Appointed a naval cadet on 1 January 1930, he graduated from the Royal Australian Naval College at Flinders Naval Depot in 1933 and was appointed a midshipman on 1 May 1934. He had a distinguished naval career. In 1945 Ramsay attended Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, England, and in the same year married Janet Grace Burley.
In 1930, he was appointed a naval cadet and graduated from the Royal Australian Naval College at Flinders Naval Depot in 1933. He became a midshipman on May 1st, 1934. Ramsay had a distinguished career in the Navy. In 1945, he attended the Royal Naval Staff College in Greenwich, England, and married Janet Grace Burley that same year.