Sandy Pearson
{{Short description|Australian Army officer}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Cedric Maudsley Ingram Pearson
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|nickname= "Sandy"
|birth_date= {{birth date|1918|08|24|df=yes}}
|birth_place= Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date= {{death date and age|2012|11|07|1918|08|24|df=yes}}
|death_place= Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia
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|allegiance= Australia
|branch= Australian Army
|serviceyears= 1937–1975
|rank= Major General
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|commands= Royal Military College, Duntroon (1970–73)
1st Division (1969–70)
1st Australian Task Force (1968–69)
1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1962–64)
|battles= Second World War
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Vietnam War
|awards= Officer of the Order of Australia
Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Legion of Merit (United States){{Harvnb|Barnes|1974|p=80}}.
Knight of the National Order of Vietnam{{Harvnb|Barnes|1974|p=84}}.
Cross of Gallantry with Palm (Vietnam)
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Major General Cedric Maudsley Ingram "Sandy" Pearson, {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|DSO|OBE|MC}} (24 August 1918[http://www.memorial.act.gov.au/person.php?id=2368 PEARSON, Cedric Mandsley Ingram], memorial.act.gov.au – 7 November 2012) was an Australian Army officer. He was a Commander of Australian Forces during the Vietnam War, Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon and Director of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales.Crown Content Who's Who in Australia 2007 p. 1622
Early life and family
CMI Pearson (known as Sandy) was born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, the son of Margaret and the Rev. George Ingram Pearson, a Methodist minister.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155469220 |title=LATE REV. G. INGRAM PEARSON. |newspaper=The Methodist (Sydney, NSW : 1892 – 1954) |location=Sydney, NSW |date=7 September 1940 |access-date=17 January 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Pearson attended Newington College (1932–1936)Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 154 before graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1940.
Army career
- Served Second World War, (1942–1945)
- Served Singapore, (1966–1968)
- Commander 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam, (1968–1969)[http://www.5rar.asn.au/battle-binh-ba-service/commander1staustraliantaskforceatthetimeofthebattleofbinhba.html Commander 1st Australian Task Force at the time of the Battle of Binh Ba] (image)[http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/veterans-honoured/ Vietnam vets honoured – Local News – News – The Manly Daily]. Manly-daily.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved on 2011-04-06.
- Commandant, Royal Military College, Duntroon, (1970–1973)
- Chief of Personnel, Australian Army, (1973–1975)
Post army career
- Exexcutive Director, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, (1976–1983)
- Director, Brickworks Ltd, (1983–1998)
Committees
- RSL Committees, (1977–2002)
- Newington College Council, (1978–1998)
- NSW Homeless Children, (1981–1990)
Death
Aged 94, Pearson died on 7 November 2012 at the RSL Village in Narrabeen, New South Wales.{{cite news|url=http://7rar.asn.au/wp/?p=1746|title=Vale: Major General 'Sandy' Pearson|date=7 November 2012|access-date=9 November 2012|work=7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Association website}} His funeral was held eight days later at the Newington College Chapel, Stanmore.
Notes
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References
- {{cite book|last=Barnes|first=I.L.|title=Australian Gallant and Distinguished Service, Vietnam 1962–1973: Being a Record of British and Foreign Decorations Awarded to Australian Servicemen|year=1974|publisher=Military Historical Society of Australia|location=Canberra, Australia|isbn=0909859108}}
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{{s-bef|before=Major General Colin Fraser}}
{{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon|years=1970–1973}}
{{s-aft|after=Major General Robert Hay|rows=2}}
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{{s-bef|before=Brigadier Stuart Weir
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{{s-ttl|title=Commander 1st Division|years=1969–1970}}
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Category:People from Kurri Kurri
Category:Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War
Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II
Category:Australian recipients of the Military Cross
Category:Officers of the Order of Australia
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:People educated at Newington College
Category:Members of Newington College Council
Category:Australian recipients of the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)