Peter Gration
| Peter Courtney Gration | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 January 1932 Richmond, Victoria |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1949–1993 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Royal Australian Engineers |
| Commands held |
Chief of the Defence Force (1987–93) Chief of the General Staff (1984–87) Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1983) Logistics Command (1979–80) Director of Engineers (1973–76) 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit (1969–70) |
| Battles/wars |
Malayan Emergency Vietnam War |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of Australia Officer of the Order of the British Empire Defence Meritorious Service Star (Indonesia) |
| Relations | Air Marshal Barry Gration (brother) |
| Other work | Colonel Commandant Royal Australian Engineers (2000–04) Hononary Colonel Melbourne University Regiment (1994–04) |
General Peter Courtney Gration AC, OBE (born 6 January 1932) is a retired senior Australian Army officer who served in the positions of Chief of the General Staff (1984–87) and Chief of the Defence Force (1987–93); the professional head of the Australian Army and Australian Defence Force, respectively.
Gration was born in Richmond, Victoria, on 6 January 1932 to David Roy Gration and his wife Margaret (née Fleming). David, a dental mechanic, had served in the First World War as a sapper on the Western Front and later enlisted in the Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War, discharging with the rank of corporal in 1945. Peter attended Scotch College, Melbourne from 1945 until matriculation in 1948, where he was active in the school's cricket, football and athletics teams.
Accepted into the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Gration began his course at the college in 1949. He graduated as a lieutenant three years later with the Queen's Medal, and was allocated to the Royal Australian Engineers. Over the following two years, Gration was a resident student at Ormond College in the University of Melbourne where he completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree; Gration subsequently completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Economics at the University of Queensland in later years.
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