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Nickname(s)
  
Tony

Service/branch
  
Name
  
Tony Fraser


Years of service
  
1977 – Present

Allegiance
  
Australia

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Awards
  
Officer of the Order of AustraliaConspicuous Service CrossOfficer of the National Order of Merit (France)

Commands held
  
16th Brigade, 5th Aviation Regiment, 171st Aviation Squadron

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Major General Anthony Peter "Tony" Fraser AO, CSC (born November 1958) is a retired Australian Army officer and the Managing Director of Airbus Group Asia Pacific. He retired from the army in 2011 after a 34-year career, his final posting being Head, Helicopter Systems Division within the Defence Materiel Organisation.

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Military career

Fraser was born in Sydney in November 1958, and grew up in regional New South Wales. He joined the Australian Army in July 1977 as an Aviation Cadet and graduated from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea in June 1978.

In 1987–88 he served in Israel and Lebanon with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), following which he was awarded a Chief of the General Staff Commendation. In 1992 he was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross.

Upon promotion to colonel in January 2000 he assumed the appointment of commander 1st Division Aviation, a tenure that included command of the Sydney Olympics Joint Aviation Group. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2003 for his service in this role. He was promoted to brigadier in January, 2003, and to major general on 25 August 2006. He transitioned from Defence in 2011 and in 2012 was appointed the Head of Region – Australasia with Finmeccanica.

Fraser has 5400 flying hours, mostly on helicopters, and he has achieved an A1 instructor category. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2010 Australia Day Honours.

Tony Fraser is married to Kelly and they have two daughters.

References

Tony Fraser Wikipedia