Peter Cosgrove#Awards
{{Short description|Governor-General of Australia from 2014 to 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = General The Honourable
| name = Sir Peter Cosgrove
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=,|AK|CVO|MC}}
| image = Peter Cosgrove 2017 (1).jpg
| caption = Cosgrove in 2017
| office = 26th Governor-General of Australia
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| primeminister = Tony Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull
Scott Morrison
| term_start = 28 March 2014
| term_end = 1 July 2019
| predecessor = Dame Quentin Bryce
| successor = David Hurley
| office2 = Administrator of the Commonwealth
| monarch2 = Charles III
| governor_general2 = David Hurley
| primeminister2 = Anthony Albanese
| term_start2 = 30 April 2023
| term_end2 = 10 May 2023
| birth_name = Peter John Cosgrove
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|07|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Lynne, Lady Cosgrove ({{nee}} Payne)
| children = 3
| residence =
| alma_mater = Royal Military College, Duntroon
National Defence College, India
| allegiance = Australia
| branch = Australian Army
| serviceyears = 1965–2005
| rank = General
| commands = Chief of the Defence Force (2002–05)
Chief of Army (2000–02)
Land Command Australia (2000)
International Force East Timor (1999–00)
1st Division (1998–99)
6th Brigade (1992–93)
1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1983–84)
| battles = Vietnam War
International Force East Timor
| mawards = Knight of the Order of Australia
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Military Cross
Complete list
}}
General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=,|AK|CVO|MC}} (born 28 July 1947) is an Australian retired senior Army officer who served as the 26th governor-general of Australia, in office from 2014 to 2019.
A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Cosgrove fought in the Vietnam War, receiving the Military Cross in 1971. From 1983 to 1984, he was commander of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and he later served as commander of the 6th Brigade and the 1st Division. Cosgrove rose to prominence in 1999, when he served as commander of the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET), which oversaw the peacekeeping mission in East Timor during its transition to independence. He is also an alumnus of National Defence College, India.
Cosgrove was Australia's Chief of Army from 2000 to 2002 and Chief of the Defence Force from 2002 to 2005, receiving corresponding promotions to lieutenant general and general. Cosgrove retired from active service following the end of his term as Chief of the Defence Force, and subsequently served as leader of a taskforce helping to rebuild communities in Queensland after Cyclone Larry in 2006. In January 2014, Cosgrove was named to succeed Dame Quentin Bryce as Governor-General of Australia. He was sworn in on 28 March 2014 and made a Knight of the Order of Australia on the same date. Cosgrove retired on 1 July 2019 and was succeeded by General David Hurley.
Early life and education
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Cosgrove was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 28 July 1947. He was educated at Waverley College in Sydney, then followed his father, a warrant officer, into the Australian Army by attending the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1965. Cosgrove's uncle, Bill Cosgrove, was a professional Australian rules football player, but was killed in action while serving with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.{{Cite web |last=Lees |first=Justin |date=April 22, 2017 |title=Governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove's mischievous 'uncle Bill' a beloved World War II hero |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/governorgeneral-sir-peter-cosgroves-mischievous-uncle-bill-a-beloved-world-war-ii-hero/news-story/2e0bbaca22dc387309181e183123e64f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240421201120/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/governorgeneral-sir-peter-cosgroves-mischievous-uncle-bill-a-beloved-world-war-ii-hero/news-story/2e0bbaca22dc387309181e183123e64f |archive-date=21 April 2024 |website=Herald Sun}} Cosgrove class of 1964 spent time in Waverley College's Cadet Unit, as a cadet he was Adjutant CUO P. Cosgrove and tied for the Major General JA Chapman Cane for the most efficient cadet in the Unit. Years later the cadet unit has named an award after Cosgrove, the General Cosgrove Shield (for the most efficient Speciality in the Cadet Unit) each year to honour the achievements of the most senior ranking officer to graduate.
Military service
File:General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (Ret'd) at the Centenary of the Kangaroo March launch.jpg launch in 2013.]]
Cosgrove was appointed a probationary second lieutenant in August 1968 while attached to a regular army unit,{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241058252 |title=Royal Military College – Corps of Staff Cadets |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=72 |date=29 August 1968 |access-date=21 June 2019 |page=4853 |via=Trove |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240421204306/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article241058252.3.pdf?followup=88e5d40aed00cc8f16a47cde89438f4e |archive-date= Apr 21, 2024 }} and was commissioned a lieutenant on 11 December 1968.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241037170 |title=Australian Regular Army |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=19 |date=27 February 1969 |access-date=21 June 2019 |page=1253 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421212420/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article241037170.3.pdf?followup=43451de327e61c42d5e5d75b5aa3b219 |archive-date= Apr 21, 2024 }} He was allotted to the Royal Australian Infantry. He arrived in South Vietnam on 3 August 1969 and was posted to 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on 20 August 1969. On 10 October 1969, Lieutenant Cosgrove was commanding 5 Platoon, B Company. The platoon located an occupied bunker system in an area where, because of the proximity of allied troops, indirect fire support was difficult to obtain. In spite of this, he led his platoon in an assault on the bunkers without indirect fire support, capturing the system and killing and wounding at least four enemy without sustaining any casualties. On 16 October 1969, 5 Platoon located another bunker system occupied by about a platoon of enemy. Lieutenant Cosgrove silently deployed his own platoon for an attack. His assault completely surprised the enemy causing them to flee, abandoning large quantities of food, stores and documents. The following day in the same bunker system a party of enemy approached his right forward section and was engaged by the sentry. Knowing that the remainder of the section was elsewhere on other tasks, Lieutenant Cosgrove ran to the contact area and personally conducted the fight against the enemy. As a result of his actions, two enemy were killed and three weapons and four packs containing rice were captured. He was awarded the Military Cross for these actions.{{cite web|url=http://www.9rar.org.au/images/Citations/Words%20on%20Citation/03%20Cosgrove.pdf|title=Text of Citation for award of Military Cross to Lieutenant Peter J. Cosgrove|work=9 RAR Association |access-date=22 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218003156/http://www.9rar.org.au/images/Citations/Words%20on%20Citation/03%20Cosgrove.pdf|archive-date=18 February 2017|url-status=dead}}{{London Gazette |issue=45302 |page=1343 |date=12 February 1971 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231218095516/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45302/page/1343/data.pdf |archive-date= Dec 18, 2023 }}
Cosgrove was promoted to the temporary rank of captain on 21 September 1970,{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241058908/26037650|title=Australian Regular Army |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=97 |date=5 November 1970 |access-date=21 June 2019 |page=7385 }} and was appointed an aide-de-camp to the then-Governor-General Paul Hasluck on 20 December 1971.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241062607/26053405|title=Australian Regular Army |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=3 |date=20 January 1972 |access-date=21 June 2019 |page=13 }} He was promoted to substantive captain on 31 October 1974 (seniority from 13 July),{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/240778515/25963832|title=Australian Military Forces |newspaper=Australian Government Gazette, General |issue=G2 |date=14 January 1975 |access-date=21 June 2019 |page=39 }} to temporary major on 2 January 1976 and to substantive major on 11 December 1978.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/240560020|title=Australian Regular Army |newspaper=Australian Government Gazette, General (National) |issue=G45 |date=18 November 1975 |access-date=21 June 2019 |page=20 }}{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/240751553|title=Australian Regular Army |newspaper=Australian Government Gazette, General (National) |issue=G9 |date=6 March 1979 |access-date=21 June 2019 |page=26 }} In 1980 he was awarded the National Medal,{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/907859 |work=It's an Honour |title=Search: COSGROVE, Peter John: National Medal |date=16 October 1980 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |access-date=12 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042229/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/907859 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live }} and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 7 December 1981.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/240542512|title=Australian Regular Army |newspaper=Australian Government Gazette, General (National) |issue=G3 |date=19 January 1982 |access-date=21 June 2019 |page=30 }} In the mid-1980s he commanded the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/878976 |work=It's an Honour |title=Search: COSGROVE, Peter John: Member of the Order of Australia |date=26 January 1985 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |access-date=30 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042217/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/878976 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
Cosgrove came to national fame in 1999 when, as a major general, he led the international forces (INTERFET) in a peacekeeping mission to East Timor. The mission's success made him one of Australia's most respected and popular military leaders.{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/879182 |work=It's an Honour |title=Search: Cosgrove, Peter John: Companion of the Order of Australia |date=25 March 2000 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |access-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181346/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/879182 |archive-date=29 January 2019 |url-status=live }} He returned to Australia in 2000 as Land Commander Australia,{{cite news|last=Barker|first=Geoffrey|title=General Cosgrove to be New Army Chief|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/manufacturing/general-cosgrove-to-be-new-army-chief-20000502-k9gix|newspaper=Financial Review|date=2 May 2000|accessdate=23 August 2021}} was promoted to lieutenant general in July and appointed Chief of the Army and, in 2002, was advanced to general as Chief of the Defence Force.{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1116107 |work=It's an Honour |title=Search: COSGROVE, Peter John: Centenary Medal |date=1 January 2001 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042043/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1116107 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
In 2004, the Foreign Minister Alexander Downer queried the judgement of Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty.{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/18/1079199363688.html |title=Honest copper emerges victor |work=The Age |date=18 March 2004 |author1=Grattan, Michelle |author-link1=Michelle Grattan |author2=Forbes, Mark |quote=During a "doorstop" interview, Downer said Mr Keelty was "expressing a view which reflects a lot of the propaganda we're getting from al-Qaeda" }} Following a joint interview with the then Defence Minister Robert Hill, Cosgrove was accused of "playing politics" when he said that, on this occasion, he disagreed with Keelty's point of view. However, Cosgrove expressed strong support for the Police Commissioner in his Australian best selling autobiography, My Story, published in 2006.{{cite book |title=My Story |author=Cosgrove, Peter John |publisher=HarperCollins |location=Australia |year=2006 |isbn=0-7322-8384-1 }} On 3 July 2005, Cosgrove's three-year appointment as Chief of the Defence Force was completed, and he was succeeded by then-Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Angus Houston.
Post-military career
= Cyclone Larry Taskforce =
On 23 March 2006, Cosgrove was selected to lead the Queensland Government taskforce of rebuilding communities damaged by Cyclone Larry, a Category 5 tropical cyclone that devastated the Innisfail region of northern Queensland.{{cite press release |author=Beattie, Peter |author-link=Peter Beattie |date=23 March 2006 |url=http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=45250 |title=General Cosgrove to lead Cyclone Larry taskforce |publisher=Premier of Queensland |access-date=12 October 2013 }}
"In recognition of the important contribution General Cosgrove made to the community of North Queensland following Cyclone Larry", on 11 October 2008, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced that a new residential suburb in the Bohle Plains area of Townsville would be named Cosgrove, formerly the site of an Abattoir for the cattle sale yards next to it.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/11/2388426.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011190103/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/11/2388426.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2008 |title=Townsville suburb named in honour of General Cosgrove |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=11 October 2008 |access-date=11 October 2008 }}{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Lendl |url=http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2008/10/11/16825_hpnews.html |title=Townsville "Cosgrove" storm |work=Townsville Bulletin |date=11 October 2008 |publisher=News Limited |access-date=11 October 2008 }}{{cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/national/townsville-suburb-named-after-cosgrove-20081011-4yl8.html |title=Townsville suburb named after Cosgrove |agency=AAP |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 October 2008 |access-date=11 October 2008 }}
= Corporate leadership and community organisations =
Cosgrove served on the board of Australia's main airline Qantas between July 2005{{cite web |url=http://www.qantas2013.reportonline.com.au/#50 |page=51 |title=Board of Directors |work=Annual Report |year=2013 |publisher=Qantas Limited |access-date=28 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127073337/http://www.qantas2013.reportonline.com.au/#50 |archive-date=27 January 2014 |url-status=dead }} and January 2014{{cite press release |url=http://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/resignation-of-general-peter-cosgrove |title=Resignation of General Peter Cosgrove |date=28 January 2014 |publisher=Qantas Limited |access-date=28 January 2014 }} and is on numerous other boards as chairman or member.{{Citation needed|date=January 2014}} He served as Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University between November 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.acu.edu.au/246442 |title=General Peter Cosgrove appointed Chancellor of ACU |date=25 May 2010 |publisher=Australian Catholic University |access-date=12 July 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127020929/http://www.acu.edu.au/246442 |archive-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead }} and January 2014;{{cite web |url=http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2014/2014128_211.shtml |title=General Peter Cosgrove Australia's Next Governor-General |date=28 January 2014 |access-date=2 February 2014 |work=Catholic Communications |publisher=Archdiocese of Sydney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004085355/http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2014/2014128_211.shtml |archive-date=4 October 2017 |url-status=dead }} and is Honorary Patron of the ACT Veterans Rugby Club{{cite web|title=ACT Veterans Rugby|url=http://www.actvetsrugby.org.au/default.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623175004/http://actvetsrugby.org.au/default.htm|archive-date=23 June 2014}} and the Rosies Youth Mission.{{cite web|last=Rosies Youth Mission. Inc.|title=Organisational Structure|url=http://rosies.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=17|access-date=21 May 2014}}
Peter Cosgrove was appointed as Patron to the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association in 2015.
Governor-General
File:Peter Cosgrove Swearing In 2.jpg
On 28 January 2014, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that Queen Elizabeth II had accepted his advice to appoint General Peter Cosgrove as the next Governor-General of Australia, to succeed Dame Quentin Bryce in late March.[http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2014-02-24/governor-general-designate-be-sworn Governor-General-designate to be sworn in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227130617/http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2014-02-24/governor-general-designate-be-sworn |date=27 February 2014 }} – Office of the Prime Minister of Australia, 24 February 2014. On 25 March, Abbott announced that the Queen had also approved the reinstatement of the grade of Knight or Dame in the Order of Australia (she had abolished it in 1986 on the advice of Bob Hawke), and that governors-general would be ex officio the Principal Knight or Dame of the Order.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-25/pre-eminent-australians-could-be-made-knight-or-dame/5344646|title='Pre-eminent' Australians could be made Knight or Dame under a new award, PM Tony Abbott says|publisher=ABC News|date=25 March 2014}} The incumbent, Quentin Bryce, was immediately made the first new Dame of the Order. On 28 March, Cosgrove succeeded Dame Quentin and was sworn in as Governor-General by Chief Justice Robert French,{{cite news|title=Former Defence Force Chief General Peter Cosgrove sworn in as Australia's 26th Governor General|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/former-defence-force-chief-general-peter-cosgrove-sworn-in-as-australias-26th-governorgeneral/story-fncynjr2-1226867305782|work=news.com.au|date=28 March 2014|access-date=19 November 2015|archive-date=9 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109032038/http://www.news.com.au/national/former-defence-force-chief-general-peter-cosgrove-sworn-in-as-australias-26th-governorgeneral/story-fncynjr2-1226867305782|url-status=dead}} becoming Sir Peter Cosgrove.{{cite news|title=Peter Cosgrove announced as next Governor-General|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/peter-cosgrove-announced-as-next-governorgeneral/story-fncynjr2-1226811724006|access-date=28 January 2014|newspaper=News.com.au|date=28 January 2014|agency=AAP|archive-date=1 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001204347/http://www.news.com.au/national/peter-cosgrove-announced-as-next-governorgeneral/story-fncynjr2-1226811724006|url-status=dead}} Former headmaster of Waverley College, Ray Paxton, states "In choosing Sir Peter Cosgrove for Governor General, Australia has honoured a remarkable man". During his time as Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove was a supporter for the Lung Foundation Australia.{{Cite web |title=Governor-General LFA Reception 2018 {{!}} Admiralty House {{!}} Executive Images Photography & Video |url=https://executiveimages.com.au/blog/lfa-admiralty-house-reception-2018/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Executive Images |language=en-AU}}
File:Prince William, Catherine, Prince George and Peter Cosgrove.jpg with his parents and Sir Peter Cosgrove at Admiralty House, Sydney, April 2014]]
On 16 December 2018, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that The Queen had approved the appointment of retired General David Hurley, the current Governor of New South Wales, as the next Governor-General of Australia, commencing in July 2019, and that Cosgrove's term would be extended until that time to ensure smooth transitions following the New South Wales election in March and federal election expected in May 2019.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/scott-morrison-picks-former-general-david-hurley-to-be-australia-s-next-governor-general-20181216-p50mjg.html|title=Scott Morrison picks former general David Hurley to be Australia's next governor-general|date=16 December 2018 |first=David |last=Crowe |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=15 December 2018}}
On 12 August 2019, during a post appointment call upon the Queen, Cosgrove was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.{{cite news|title=Court Circular: Balmoral Castle|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/august-13-2019-3zn5zf2w0|newspaper=The Times|date=13 August 2019|access-date=18 August 2019}}
During the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla, with the Governor-General of Australia and all of the state governors in London, Cosgrove served as the Administrator of the Commonwealth from 30 April to 10 May 2023.[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/media/governor-general-attend-coronation-and-undertake-state-visit-greece Governor-General to attend Coronation and undertake State Visit to Greece]
Personal life
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Cosgrove married Lynne Payne in 1976;{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.gov.au/gg-bio-cosgrove |work=Governor-General of Australia |title=Biographies of Peter and Lynne Cosgrove |access-date=30 March 2014 |publisher=Australian Government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329215556/http://www.gg.gov.au/gg-bio-cosgrove |archive-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=dead }} they have three sons{{cite web |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/people/1070841.asp |title=General Peter John Cosgrove, AC, MC |work=People profiles |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=28 January 2014}} and four grandchildren. Cosgrove is a Roman Catholic and frequently attends Mass in St Christopher's Cathedral, Canberra.
Cosgrove is a strong supporter and member of the Sydney Roosters. He is also a keen follower of cricket and rugby union.
His memoir, You shouldn't have joined ..., was published by Allen & Unwin in 2020.{{Cite book|last=Cosgrove, Peter (Peter J.)|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1200259235|title=You shouldn't have joined... : a memoir|date=27 October 2020|isbn=978-1-76087-852-8|location=Sydney, N.S.W.|oclc=1200259235}}
Honours and awards
= Honorary appointments =
- {{flagicon|Australia}} 2022–Present: Patron of the Australian Defence Force Cadets{{cite web |title=Australian Defence Force Cadets Annual Report 2021-22 |url=https://www.transparency.gov.au/publications/defence/department-of-defence/department-of-defence-annual-report-2021-22/chapter-6---strategic-workforce-management/australian-defence-force-cadets |publisher=Transparency.gov.au |access-date=13 March 2025}}
- {{flagicon|Australia}} 2014–2019: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
- {{flagicon|Australia}} 2014–2019: Colonel of the Regiment of the Royal Australian Regiment
- {{flagicon|Australia}} 2014–2019: Chief Scout of Australia
- {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} 2014–2019: Prior of the Order of St John{{cite web|title=Understanding the Most Venerable Order of St John|url=https://www.stjohnsa.com.au/cms_resources/Understanding%20the%20Most%20Venerable%20Order%20of%20St%20John.pdf|website=St John South Australia|access-date=24 August 2018|date=12 December 2014}}
= Honorary degrees =
- 2016 Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), Monash University{{cite web|url=https://gg.gov.au/speech/address-graduates-faculty-engineering|title=Address to the Graduates of the Faculty of Engineering|first=Sam|last=Groves|date=25 May 2016|work=gg.gov.au|access-date=22 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221013141/http://gg.gov.au/speech/address-graduates-faculty-engineering|archive-date=21 December 2016|url-status=dead}}
= Named in his honour =
- the suburb of Cosgrove in the City of Townsville, Queensland{{cite QPN|44586|Cosgrove|suburb in Townsville City|access-date=24 July 2017}}
- The Cosgrove Centre, Waverley College, Sydney, New South Wales
See also
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.awm.gov.au/fiftyaustralians/11.asp Cosgrove bio], Australian War Memorial
- [http://www.icmi.com.au/general-peter-cosgrove-ac-mc Cosgrove bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017172720/http://www.icmi.com.au/general-peter-cosgrove-ac-mc |date=17 October 2013 }}, www.icmi.com.au
- [http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-heroes/cosgrove.htm Pictorial bio], www.diggerhistory.info
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