Sandy Pearson
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Major General Cedric Maudsley Ingram "Sandy" Pearson, Template:Postnominals (24 August 1918[1] – 7 November 2012) was an Australian Army officer. He was a Commander of Australian Forces during the Vietnam War, Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon and Director of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales.[2]
Early life and family
CMI Pearson (known as Sandy) was born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales,[1] the son of Margaret and the Rev. George Ingram Pearson, a Methodist minister.[3] Pearson attended Newington College (1932–1936)[4] before graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1940.
Army career
- Served Second World War, (1942–1945)[1]
- Served Singapore, (1966–1968)
- Commander 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam, (1968–1969)[5][6]
- Commandant, Royal Military College, Duntroon, (1970–1973)[6]
- 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.[7] His funeral was held eight days later at the Newington College Chapel, Stanmore.
Notes
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- ↑ a b c PEARSON, Cedric Mandsley Ingram, memorial.act.gov.au
- ↑ Crown Content Who's Who in Australia 2007 p. 1622
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- ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 154
- ↑ Commander 1st Australian Task Force at the time of the Battle of Binh Ba (image)
- ↑ a b Vietnam vets honoured – Local News – News – The Manly Daily. Manly-daily.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved on 2011-04-06.
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