Peter Arnison

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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

Premier Rob BorbidgePeter Beattie Born 21 October 1940 (age 84) 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.

Education, appointments, honours and awards

July 1977 National MedalJanuary 1992 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)1994 Land Commander Australia (LCAUST)June 1996 Executive Director, Allied Rubber ProductsJuly 1997 Queensland’s 23rd GovernorJanuary 2001 Centenary MedalMarch 2001 Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)March 2002 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)December 2004 Non-executive Director, ENERGEX LimitedSeptember 2009 re-elected Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT)January 2011 Appointed Chairman of the Flood Response Review Board in Brisbane

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