Lieutenant General John Murray Sanderson, AC

Date of birth	1940-11-04	Geraldton, WA.
Other	1961	Graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon.
Date commissioned	1961-12	Commisioned in the Royal Australian Engineers.
Date promoted	1965	Promoted to captain.
Other	1967 - 1969	Posted as the Exchange Instructor at the Royal School of Military Engineering in England.
Other units	1970	Appointed in command of the 17th Construction Squadron.
Other	1971	Appointed Senior Instructor at the School of Military Engineering.
Other	1973	Attended the Australian Staff College.
Date promoted	1975	Promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Other	1976	Returned to England as the Exchange Instructor at the British Army Staff College.
Date returned to Australia	1978
Other units	1979 - 1980	Took command of the 1st Field Engineer Regiment.
Other	1981	Attended the Joint Services Staff College. Later that year he was appointed as the Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff.
Date promoted	1983	Promoted to Colonel and appointed as Director of Army Plans.
Date of honour or award	1985-01-26	Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Other	1985-06	Started long attendence at the United States Army War College.
Other	1989	Served as Chief of Staff Land Command before being promoted to major general and appointed as Assistant Chief of Defence Policy. Later that year he was appointed Assistant Chief of Defence Force Development.
Date of honour or award	1991-01-26	Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).
Other	1991-10	Appointed advisor to the Secretary General in the planning for the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and later appointed the Authority's commander with the rank of lieutenant general.
Other	1993-10	Finished appointment as the commander of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and returned to Australia to become the first Commander Joint Forces Australia.
Date of honour or award	1994-01-26	Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).
Other	1995-06	Became Chief of the General Staff.
Other	1997-06	His title was changed to Chief of Army.
Other	2000	Appointed Governor of Western Australia.