Sandy Pearson

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Template other Major General Cedric Maudsley Ingram "Sandy" Pearson, Template:Postnominals (24 August 1918 – 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.

Early life and family

CMI Pearson (known as Sandy) was born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, the son of Margaret and the Rev. George Ingram Pearson, a Methodist minister. Pearson attended Newington College (1932–1936) before graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1940.

Army career

• Served Second World War, (1942–1945)
• Served Singapore, (1966–1968)
• Commander 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam, (1968–1969)
• 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. His funeral was held eight days later at the Newington College Chapel, Stanmore.