Monarch Elizabeth II Name Peter Arnison Service/branch Australian Army Rank Major General Preceded by Leneen Forde | Years of service 1959–1996 Battles and wars Vietnam War Allegiance Australia Succeeded by Quentin Bryce | |
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Premier Rob Borbidge
Peter Beattie Born 21 October 1940 (age 83)
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia ( 1940-10-21 ) Commands Land Commander Australia Education Royal Military College, Duntroon Awards Order of Australia, Royal Victorian Order | ||
Major General Peter Maurice Arnison, AC, CVO (born 21 October 1940) is a retired Australian Army officer who served as the 23rd Governor of Queensland from July 1997 until July 2003. He graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1962, and served as Land Commander Australia from 1994 until he retired from the Australian Army in 1996.
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For the year prior to his appointment as governor, he was the Executive Director of Allied Rubber Products, a manufacturing firm. He is a former Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology, and is Chairman of Panbio Limited, Chairman of the Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, Director of Energex Limited, Governor of the Queensland Community Foundation, and on the Board of Directors of the Australian Multicultural Foundation.
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He is married to Barbara.