Cedric Maudsley Ingram Pearson | |
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Nickname(s) | "Sandy" |
Born | Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia | 24 August 1918
Died | 7 November 2012 Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 94)
Allegiance | Australia |
Service/ | Australian Army |
Years of service | 1937–1975 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held | Royal Military College, Duntroon (1970–73) 1st Division (1969–70) 1st Australian Task Force (1968–69) 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1962–64) |
Battles/wars | 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)[1] Knight of the National Order of Vietnam[2] Cross of Gallantry with Palm (Vietnam)[2] |
Major General Cedric Maudsley Ingram "Sandy" Pearson, AO, DSO, OBE, MC (24 August 1918[3] – 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.[4]
CMI Pearson (known as Sandy) was born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales,[3] the son of Margaret and the Rev. George Ingram Pearson, a Methodist minister.[5] Pearson attended Newington College (1932–1936)[6] before graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1940.
Aged 94, Pearson died on 7 November 2012 at the RSL Village in Narrabeen, New South Wales.[9] His funeral was held eight days later at the Newington College Chapel, Stanmore.