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Allegiance
  
Australia


Name
  
Mick Mumford

Rank
  
Colonel

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Commands held
  
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

Battles/wars
  
Iraq War Operation Anode Operation Astute

Awards
  
Conspicuous Service Cross

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Battles and wars
  
Iraq War, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, Operation Astute

Service/branch
  
Australian Army, Australian Army Reserve

Years of service
  
1986–2010 2010–present

Colonel Michael Anthony "Mick" Mumford CSC is a former career officer in the Australian Army. He now serves as a part of the Australian Army Reserves.

He came to prominence in 2006:

  • Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, from early 2006, with the rank of lieutenant colonel;
  • As CO of Private Jacob Kovco, the first Australian soldier to die during the Iraq campaign (April 2006);
  • Commanding 3RAR during:
  • Operation Anode (Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, specifically the Australian response to riots following 2006 general election, April 2006);
  • Operation Astute responding to riots in East Timor (May–June 2006);

    • He was officially promoted to the rank of colonel in late 2013.

    Other interests

    Mumford is a former Chairman of the Military Christian Fellowship of Australia.[1]

    Mick Mumford completed a Masters of Divinity at Malyon College, Brisbane in 2013.

    References

    Mick Mumford Wikipedia
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