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General Peter John Cosgrove AC,
MC (born
28 July 1947) is an
Australian general. He was the Chief of the
Australian Defence Force from
3 July 2002 to 3 July 2005, when he retired from active service.
Military service
Cosgrove was educated at
Waverley College, then followed his father, a
Warrant Officer, into the
Australian Army by attending the
Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1965. Early in his career, Cosgrove fought in
Vietnam with the 9th Battalion of
The Royal Australian Regiment, where he served with great distinction, receiving the
Military Cross in 1971.
In 1980 he was awarded the national medal. In the mid-1980s he commanded the 1st Battalion
Cosgrove came to national fame in 1999 when, as a
Major General, he led the international forces (
INTERFET) in a peacekeeping mission to
East Timor. The mission's success made Cosgrove one of Australia's most respected and popular military leaders.
Cosgrove was promoted in 2000 to
Lieutenant General as
Chief of the Army (CA) and in 2002 to
General as
Chief of the Defence Force (CDF).
In 2004, then Foreign Minister Alexander Downer queried the judgement of Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty. Following a joint interview with then Defence Minister Robert Hill, Cosgrove was accused of "playing politics" when he said that, on this occasion, he disagreed with Keelty's point of view. However, Cosgrove expressed strong support for the Police Commissioner in his memoir published in 2006.
On
3 July 2005, Cosgrove's 3 year appointment as
Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) was completed, and he was succeeded by then-
Chief of Air Force (CAF)
Air Marshal Angus Houston.
There was some speculation that after retirement he'd take up the post of
Governor-General of Australia, or run for parliament. He has firmly ruled out all such possibilities. Instead he wrote an autobiography,
My Story
Personal
Cosgrove is on the board of Australia's main airline
QANTAS and is on numerous other boards as Chairman or member.
He is married with three adult sons and lives in Sydney.
Awards
Other awards not worn on ADF uniform:
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