Ian Gordon (general)

Major General Ian Campbell Gordon AO (born 1952) retired from the Australian Army in 2009. He had a long and distinguished career culminating as Deputy Chief of Army (Australia) (2004–2006) and Head of Mission (Chief of Staff) of UNTSO (2006–2008).

Appointments

 * 1973 - Graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon
 * 1973 - Commissioned into the Australian Army
 * 1973 - Allocated to the Royal Australian Corps of Signals
 * 1983 - Graduated from the Royal Military College of Sciences (Shrivenham)
 * 1985 - Graduated from the Australian Command and Staff College, Queenscliff
 * 1990 - Posted to command the 1st Signals Regiment in Brisbane
 * 1991 - Australian Contingent Commander in the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
 * For his service as CO 1 SIG REGT and command of the first contingent for MINURSO he was awarded the AM.
 * 1993 - Director of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals
 * 1996 - Graduated from the Australian Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies
 * 1998 - Appointed Commandant of the Australian Command and Staff College
 * 2000 - Appointed Director-General Personnel - Army
 * 2001 - Appointed Director-General, Future Land Warfare
 * 2001 September - Promoted to Major General
 * 2001 September - Appointed Deputy Force Commander in the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor. (UNTAET)
 * 2002 - Appointed Commander, Training Command - Army
 * 2004 May - Appointed Deputy Chief of Army
 * 2006 Jan - Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia for his distinguished service to the Australian Defence Force in senior command and staff appointments.
 * 2006 November - Appointed Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO)

Personal
General Gordon is married to Ula and they have three children Tom, Alison and Jenny. His hobbies include scuba diving, touch rugby, restoring cars, reading and bushwalking. Since retiring from the Australian Army Ian Gordon has owned and managed a small publishing business, Barrallier Books, which has a focus on deluxe books and fine writing.

Honours