Sandy Pearson

Major General Cedric Maudsley Ingram "Sandy" Pearson, AO, DSO, OBE, MC (24 August 1918 – 7 November 2012) was an Australian Army officer. He was a Commander of Australian Forces during the Vietnam War, Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon and Director of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales.

Early life
CMI Pearson (known as Sandy) was born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, and attended Newington College (1932–1936) before graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1940.

Army career

 * Served Second World War, (1942–1945)
 * Served Singapore, (1966–1968)
 * Commander 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam, (1968–1969)
 * Commandant, Royal Military College, Duntroon, (1970–1973)
 * Chief of Personnel, Australian Army, (1973–1975)

Post Army Career

 * Exexcutive Director, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, (1976–1983)
 * Director, Brickworks Ltd, (1983–1998)

Committees

 * RSL Committees, (1977–2002)
 * Newington College Council, (1978–1998)
 * NSW Homeless Children, (1981–1990)

Honours & Decorations

 * Military Cross
 * Officer, Order of the British Empire (Military)
 * Distinguished Service Order
 * Officer, Order of Australia (1975)

Death
Pearson died on 7 November 2012, at the RSL Village in Narrabeen, New South Wales. He was 94 and his funeral was held on 15 November 2012 at the Newington College Chapel, Stanmore.