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Nimmo in 1945

Robert Nimmo, CBE, was a senior Australian Army officer who served in both world wars, with the occupation force in Japan, led Northern Command in Australia, and was the chief military observer (CMO) of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) from 1950. Nimmo graduated early from the Royal Military College, Duntroon to participate in World War I, serving with the Australian Light Horse. He remained in Australia in training and staff roles early in World War II, then administered command of Northern Territory Force before he commanded the logistics effort for the Bougainville campaign, and served as a senior staff officer on First Australian Army headquarters in New Guinea. He commanded a brigade in Japan, then returned to Australia to command Northern Command and retired in 1950. He was then appointed as CMO of UNMOGIP, and remained in the role until he died on 4 January 1966. Nimmo was the first Australian to command a multinational peacekeeping force. (Full article...)

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Main editors: Peacemaker67
Promoted: December 26, 2022
Reasons for nomination: anniversary of his death in 1966
Support as nominator. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 17:43, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:02, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This is looking good to run in January. The blurb is currently 1040 characters ... if it's still above 1025 characters in late December, I'll trim it then. - Dank (push to talk) 16:34, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, now it's 1020 characters. - Dank (push to talk) 21:04, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]