Major General 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. It is 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 ...

officer. He was a Commander of Australian Forces during the

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of the

Royal Military College, Duntroon The Royal Military College, Duntroon, also known simply as Duntroon, is the Australian Army's Officer (armed forces), officer training establishment. It was founded at Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory, Duntroon in Canberra, Australian Capi ...

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 6,174. Kurri Kurri is the largest town in a group of towns and hamlets, including Stanford Merthyr, Pelaw Main, We ...

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

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minister. Pearson attended

Newington College Newington College is a multi-campus Independent school, independent Uniting Church in Australia, Uniting Church Single-sex education, single-sex and Mixed-sex education, co-educational Pre-school education, early learning, Primary school, primar ...

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

Army career

* Served

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, (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 Army, 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 ...

, 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 of northern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 23 kilometres northeast of the business district, shared by the local government area of Northern Beaches Council and the Northern Beaches region. The bay wa ...

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

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