Robert Nimmo

Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo, CBE (22 November 1893 – 4 January 1966) was a senior Australian Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars.

Robert Harold Nimmo
Brigadier Robert Nimmo in 1945
Nickname(s)"Putt"
Born(1893-11-22)22 November 1893
Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia
Died4 January 1966(1966-01-04) (aged 72)
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
AllegianceAustralia
Service/branchAustralian Army
Years of service1912–1950
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldUnited Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (1952–66)
Northern Command (1946–50)
1st Military District (1946–50)
34th Infantry Brigade (1945–46)
4th Australian Base Area (1945)
Northern Territory Force (1944–45)
1st Motor Brigade (1942–43)
1st Armoured Brigade (1942, 1943)
4th Cavalry Brigade (1942)
Battles/warsFirst World War Second World War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches

Nimmo also acted as chief military observer to the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan from 1950 until his death in 1966. Nimmo died in his sleep, of a heart attack, on 4 January 1966 at Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and was buried in the Anzac section of Mount Gravatt cemetery, Brisbane, with full military and U.N. honours; senior representatives of both India and Pakistan attended his funeral. His wife and their son and daughter, and the daughter of his first marriage, survived him.[1]

References

  1. James, Neil; Londey, Peter (2005). "Nimmo, Robert Harold (1893–1966)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Supplementary volume. Melbourne University Press. pp. 303–304.
Military offices
Preceded by
Major General Arthur Allen
General Officer Commanding Northern Territory Force
(Acting)

1944–1945
Succeeded by
Major General John Murray
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