Cedric Edgar
{{Short description|Australian Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Cedric Edgar
|image= File:Cedric_R_V_Edgar.jpg
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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
|placeofburial=
|nickname=
|allegiance= Australia
|branch= Australian Army
|serviceyears= 1922–1946
|rank= Brigadier
|servicenumber= NX140
|unit=
|commands= 13th Brigade (1945–46)
4th Brigade (1943–45)
2/2nd Battalion (1941–43)
|battles=
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- Second World War
- North African Campaign
- Battle of Bardia
- Battle of Greece
- New Guinea campaign
- Kokoda Track campaign
- Huon Peninsula campaign
- New Britain campaign
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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)
Category:Australian brigadiers
Category:Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order