Mark Evans (general)

Mark Evans
Major General Mark Evans, early 2008
Born	(1953-04-24) 24 April 1953 (age 64) Kluang, Malaya
Allegiance	United Kingdom Australia
Service/branch	British Army (1973–76) Australian Army (1976–11)
Years of service	1973–2011
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands held	Chief of Joint Operations (2008–11) Joint Task Force 633 (2007–08) 1st Division (2002–04) 3rd Brigade (1998–01) 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1992–93)
Battles/wars	The Troubles International Force for East Timor War in Afghanistan Iraq War
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia Distinguished Service Cross Decoration of Merit (Netherlands)

Lieutenant General Mark Evans AO, DSC (born 24 April 1953) is a retired senior officer in the Australian Army. He served as Chief of Joint Operations from July 2008 until his retirement in May 2011.

Evans was born in Kluang, Malaya, on 24 April 1953 to William Eric and Valerie Doreen Evans, and was educated in the United Kingdom.

He was a cadet in the Worcestershire Army Cadet Force, serving in Droitwich Troop, a detachment affiliated to the Queen's Own Hussars. He achieved the rare appointment of Cadet Under Officer before leaving the ACF for the Regular Army. Evans served for five years in the British Army, which included officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and regimental duties with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment in Berlin. During this time Evans served on counter insurgency operations in Northern Ireland. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 9 March 1973, and promoted to lieutenant on 8 September 1974. Evans resigned his British commission on 13 April 1976.

Evans resigned his British commission on 13 April 1976 and joined the Australian Army, where he was first posted to the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR). In 1979–80 he held the position (as a captain) of Officer Commanding C Company at the Australian Army Apprentice School at Balcombe, Victoria. In 1985 he served with the United Nations in the Middle East.