Brigadier
Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. In ...
Mark Andrew Brewer, is a senior
Australian Army
The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Austral ...
officer and a former Commandant of
Royal Military College, Duntroon, the officer training school of the Australian Army. He held this position from 2016 to 2017. He graduated from Duntroon in 1987.
Brewer has been awarded the
Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC) twice. He received the CSC in the
2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, and received a
Bar
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for it in the
2011 Australia Day Honours The 2011 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2011 by the governor general of Australia, Quentin Bryce.
The Australia D ...
. He was appointed a
Member of the Order of Australia
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in the
2018 Australia Day Honours
The 2018 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2018 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Peter Cosgrove.
The Aus ...
.
References
Australian brigadiers
Australian military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Living people
Members of the Order of Australia
Recipients of the Conspicuous Service Cross (Australia)
Royal Military College, Duntroon graduates
Year of birth missing (living people)
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