Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo

Service number	QX23797
Ranks Held	Lieutenant, Major, Major General
Birth Date	22/11/1893
Birth Place	Australia: Queensland
Death Date	04/01/1966
Death Place	Pakistan: Rawalpindi
Final Rank	Lieutenant General
Service	Army
Units	5th Australian Light Horse Regiment Staff Corps
Places	Pakistan Queensland Rawalpindi
Conflicts/Operations	First World War, 1914-1918 Second World War, 1939-1945 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1948 - 1985

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Date of birth	22/11/1893	Oakes Park, QLD.
Date of embarkation	21/12/1914
Date of enlistment	24/02/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award	24/04/1918
Date of honour or award	22/01/1919	Mention in Despatches.
Date returned to Australia	22/02/1919
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	19/09/1941
Date of discharge	18/04/1946
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	08/06/1950	Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Date promoted	1954	Lieutenant general.
Date of death	04/01/1966