Service number | QX23797 |
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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 |
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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 |
Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Army
- Conflict
- Period 1950-1959
- Rank
- Major General
- London Gazette
- 08 June 1950 on page 2810 at position 6
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 22 June 1950 on page 1493 at position 4
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First World War Nominal Roll:
- Unit
- 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Major
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Major
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- Staff Corps
- Conflict
- United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1948 - 1985
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Major
- London Gazette
- 22 January 1919 on page 1164 at position 42
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 23 May 1919 on page 895 at position 21
Timeline
Date of birth | 22 November 1893 | Oakes Park, QLD. |
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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 |
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