Phillip Bennett
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General Sir Phillip Bennett AC, KBE, DSO |
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| 23rd Governor of Tasmania | |
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In office 19 October 1987 – 2 October 1995 |
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| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir James Plimsoll |
| Succeeded by | Sir Guy Green |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 December 1928 East Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1946–1987 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands |
Chief of the Defence Force (1984–87) Chief of General Staff (1982–84) 1st Division (1977–79) 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1967–69) 2nd Commando Company (1958–61) |
| Battles/wars |
Korean War Malayan Emergency Vietnam War |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of Australia Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Knight of the Order of St John Mentioned in Despatches Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
General Sir Phillip Harvey Bennett AC, KBE, DSO (born 27 December 1928) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army who served as Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 1984 to 1987, and later as Governor of Tasmania from 1987 to 1995.
Bennett was born in Perth, Western Australia, and educated at Perth Modern School and the Royal Military College, Duntroon, from which he graduated as a lieutenant on 14 December 1948. With 13 other new officers, he was posted in March 1949 to 67 Infantry Battalion, The Australian Regiment, then in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan.
Bennett served in Japan until September 1950 and then embarked with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment for Korea where he served for a year during which he was wounded in action on 14 October 1950, remaining on duty, and Mentioned in Despatches in 1951. He served again for 12 months in Korea from 1 September 1952 as Senior, then Chief Instructor with the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Jnr NCO School while posted as Tactics Instructor at the School of Infantry in Seymour, Victoria.
On return to Australia in 1953 he became Adjt 1 PIR in PNG. In 1954 he was Adjt with 16 Inf Bn (CMF) and in 1956 Staff Capt A in HQ W Comd Then in 1957–58 he served in the United Kingdom with the Royal Marine Commandos and saw duty in Malta, and operational service in Cyprus. He then served as OC 2 Cdo Coy from July 1958 to June 1961, and after attending the Australian Staff College, became the Senior, then Chief Instructor at Officer Cadet School, Portsea from 1962 to 1965. He was then posted until 10 July 1967 to Army HQ which had moved to Canberra in the early 1960s from Melbourne.
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