Mick Mumford

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Allegiance Australia		Name Mick Mumford Rank Colonel

Commands held 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Battles/wars Iraq WarOperation AnodeOperation Astute Awards Conspicuous Service Cross People also search for Taur Matan Ruak, Gastao Salsinha, Alfredo Reinado Battles and wars Iraq War, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, Operation Astute Service/branch Australian Army, Australian Army Reserve
Years of service 1986–20102010–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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