John Caligari
| John Graham Caligari | |
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Brigadier Caligari with US Rear Admiral Pottenger during Talisman Saber 2007
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| Born |
21 August 1960 Brisbane, Queensland |
| Allegiance |
 Australia
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| Service/branch | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1979–2015 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
Chief Capability Development Group (2014–15) 3rd Brigade (2006–09) 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1999–01) |
| Battles/wars |
Operation Paladin Operation Solace East Timor War in Afghanistan |
| Awards |
Officer of the Order of Australia Distinguished Service Cross |
Lieutenant General John Graham Caligari AO, DSC (born 21 August 1960) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He served as Chief Capability Development Group from October 2014 until his retirement in August 2015.
Caligari was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 21 August 1960 to Barry John Caligari, an Army officer, and his wife Christine Graham (née Wilkie). He was educated at Marist College Canberra and the International School of Kuala Lumpur, and entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1979 where he undertook training to become an officer in the Australian Army.
Upon graduating from Duntroon in 1982, Caligari was assigned to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps and was posted to the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), an infantry unit that his father, Barry Caligari, was commanding at the time.
In 1989, Caligari was in the Middle East as a United Nations observer on the Lebanese/Israeli border with UNTSO, and subsequently at UNTSO Headquarters in Jerusalem (Operation Paladin). He took his wife, Narelle, a nurse, and his twin sons, then aged nine months, with him to Israel. From late 1990, he was a rifle company commander in the 1st Battalion. In 1993 he was an operations officer of the 1st Battalion Group deployed to Somalia as part of Operation Solace, for which he was awarded a Chief of the Defence Force Commendation. In June 2000, he deployed as Commander of the 1st Battalion Ready Group on HMAS Manoora for the evacuation of Australians from the Solomon Islands (Operation Plumbob).
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