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Sir Garry Dene Johnson, (born 20 September 1937) is a retired

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officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of

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from 1992 to 1994.

Military career

Garry Johnson was commissioned into the

10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles The 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles, (abbreviated to 10 GR), was originally a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was formed in 1890, taking its lineage from a police unit and over the course of its existence it had a ...

in 1956. He served in Malaysia during the Malaysian Emergency.Malaysia honours British veterans
The Star, 20 July 2006 In 1981 he was made commander of the 11th Armoured Brigade. In 1985 Johnson was selected to be Assistant Chief of Defence Staff. He moved on to be Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1987, before being appointed Commander for Training and Arms Directors in 1989. In 1992 he became Commander-in-Chief

, and retired in 1994. Johnson was Regimental Colonel of the

from 1985 to 1994. Johnson has been awarded the

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Medal by the King and Government of Malaysia, the

Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (, also the Order of the Cross of St. Mary's Land) was instituted by the President of Estonia, Lennart Meri, on 16 May 1995 to honour the independence of the Estonian state. (The Latin name ''Terra Mariana'' ...

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and, in 1999, the

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3rd Class of

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References

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