Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo

Service number	QX23797
Ranks Held	Lieutenant, Major, Major General
Birth Date	22 November 1893
Birth Place	Australia: Queensland
Death Date	04 January 1966
Death Place	Pakistan
Final Rank	Lieutenant General
Service	Army
Units	Staff Corps 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Places	Queensland Pakistan Rawalpindi
Conflicts/Operations	British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) First World War, 1914-1918 Second World War, 1939-1945 United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1948 - 1985
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-22 Published in London Gazette in 1950-06-08 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1950-06-22 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

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Date of birth	22 November 1893	Oakes Park, QLD.
Date of embarkation	21 December 1914
Date of enlistment	24 February 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award	24 April 1918
Date of honour or award	22 January 1919	Mention in Despatches.
Date returned to Australia	22 February 1919
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	19 September 1941
Date of discharge	18 April 1946
Other	1950 - 1966	Chief Military Observer in Kashmir with the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, part of Peacekeeping operations in the region. No officer had commanded a United Nations force for longer. Nimmo was also the longest serving Australian Peacekeeper.
Date of honour or award	08 June 1950	Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Date promoted	1954	Lieutenant general.
Date of death	04 January 1966