Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Cedric Maudsley Ingram "Sandy" Pearson, (24 August 1918PEARSON, Cedric Mandsley Ingram
memorial.act.gov.au – 7 November 2012) was an

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. He was a Commander of Australian Forces during the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...

Commandant Commandant ( or ) is a title often given to the officer in charge of a military (or other uniformed service) training establishment or academy. This usage is common in English-speaking nations. In some countries it may be a military or police ran ...

of the

Royal Military College, Duntroon lit: Learning promotes strength , established = , type = Military college , chancellor = , head_label = Commandant , head = Brigadier Ana Duncan , principal = , city = Campbell , state ...

and Director of the

Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales was founded on 5 July 1822, when a group of Sydney's leading citizens formed the Agricultural Society of NSW, and is "a not-for-profit organisation committed to supporting agricultural developmen ...

Early life and family

CMI Pearson (known as Sandy) was born in

Kurri Kurri, New South Wales Kurri Kurri is a small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Cessnock LGA. At the , its population was 6,044. Kurri Kurri is the largest town in a group of towns and hamlets, including Stanford Merthyr, Pelaw Main, ...

, the son of Margaret and the Rev. George Ingram Pearson, a

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related Christian denomination, denominations of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John W ...

minister. Pearson attended

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

(1932–1936) before graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1940.

Army career

* Served

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, (1942–1945) * Served

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, (1966–1968) * Commander

1st Australian Task Force The 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) was a brigade-sized formation which commanded Australian and New Zealand Army units deployed to South Vietnam between 1966 and 1972. 1 ATF was based in a rubber plantation at Nui Dat, north of Bà Rịa ...

, Vietnam, (1968–1969)Commander 1st Australian Task Force at the time of the Battle of Binh Ba
(image)Vietnam vets honoured – Local News – News – The Manly Daily
Manly-daily.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved on 2011-04-06. * Commandant, Royal Military College, Duntroon, (1970–1973) * Chief of Personnel, Australian Army, (1973–1975)

Post army career

* Exexcutive Director, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, (1976–1983) * Director, Brickworks Ltd, (1983–1998)

Committees

* RSL Committees, (1977–2002) * Newington College Council, (1978–1998) * NSW Homeless Children, (1981–1990)

Death

Aged 94, Pearson died on 7 November 2012 at the RSL Village in

Narrabeen, New South Wales Narrabeen is a beachside suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Narrabeen is 23 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council and ...

. His funeral was held eight days later at the Newington College Chapel, Stanmore.

Notes

References

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