- SURNAME
Gilmore
- FORENAME
Peter Warwick (Gus)
- UNIT
Commanding Officer (CO Task Force 64)
- RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Cross,Bronze Star (US)
- PLACE
Afghanistan 2002
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 31.1.1962 Sydney,New South Wales
formerly Captain 1 Squadron SASR 1980s
Ops Officer,SASR 1999
Special Forces Operations,HQ Sydney 2000
C.O. SASR November 2001
married to Lisa (3 children)
education
Geelong College
Royal Military College Duntroon, 1979–1983
University of New South Wales (B.A.)
Deakin University (Master of Arts (International Relations))
British Royal Military College of Science
Australian Army Command and Staff College
Australian Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies
Military career
- 1983 Royal Australian Infantry Corps
- 198? Platoon commander, 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
- 1988 Acting Quartermaster, 4th/3rd Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
- 1988 Special Air Service Regiment (SASR): Troop Commander; Adjutant; Operations Research Officer; Squadron Commander
- 2001-2002 Commander (LtCol) SASR - active service in Afghanistan
- Staff appointments
- Directorate General of Land Development
- Headquarters Special Operations
- 2003 Director (Colonel) Strategy and International Engagement
- Seconded to the National Security Division within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet for 18 months
- 2005 Promoted Brigadier
- Deployed to lead the coalition Advisory Support Team working in the Iraqi Joint Headquarters in Baghdad
- Director General (Defence) Public Affairs
- Director General Future Land Warfare
- Chief of Staff, Special Operations Headquarters
- 2009 Commander, International Security Assistance Force Special Operations Forces, Afghanistan
- 2011 Promoted Major General and appointed Special Operations Commander Australia
also awarded Member of the Order of Australia,Officer of the Legion of Merit (US)
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