Cedric Edgar

{{Short description|Australian Army officer}}

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|name= Cedric Edgar

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|birth_date= {{birth date|1901|07|09|df=y}}

|death_date= {{Death date and age|1967|09|02|1901|07|09|df=y}}

|birth_place= Wedderburn, Victoria

|death_place= Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales

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|allegiance= Australia

|branch= Australian Army

|serviceyears= 1922–1946

|rank= Brigadier

|servicenumber= NX140

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|commands= 13th Brigade (1945–46)
4th Brigade (1943–45)
2/2nd Battalion (1941–43)

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|awards= Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Efficiency Decoration
Mentioned in Despatches (2)

|relations= Lieutenant General Hector Edgar (brother)

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Brigadier Cedric Rupert Vaughan Edgar, {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|DSO|ED}} (9 July 1901 – 2 September 1967) was an officer in the Australian Army during the Second World War.

References

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  • {{cite book|last=Sutton|first=R.|chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/edgar-cedric-rupert-vaughan-10095|chapter=Edgar, Cedric Rupert Vaughan (1901–1967)|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|volume=14|year=1996|publisher=Melbourne University Press|location=Carlton, Victoria|isbn= 9780522847178}}

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Category:Military personnel from Victoria (state)

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Category:Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

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Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II