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- Reg_Pollard_(general) abstract "Lieutenant General Sir Reginald George Pollard, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO (20 January 1903 – 9 March 1978) was a senior commander in the Australian Army, serving as Chief of the General Staff from 1960 to 1963. Born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Pollard graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1924. He served as adjutant and quartermaster in several battalions of the Citizens Military Forces during the 1920s and 30s. In 1938 he was posted to England to undertake a staff course, which was cut short by the outbreak of the Second World War. Pollard subsequently joined the Second Australian Imperial Force, seeing action with the 7th Division in the Middle East, where he was mentioned in despatches. Promoted to colonel in 1942, he became senior staff officer of the 7th Division in New Guinea, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his actions. He spent much of the remainder of the war in staff and training positions in Australia.Pollard's early post-war roles involved recruit training, land/air warfare, administration, and planning. In 1953, he was promoted to brigadier and took command of the Australian Army Component of the British Commonwealth Forces Korea. He joined the Military Board as a major general in 1954, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire the following year. In 1957, he was promoted to lieutenant general and took charge of Eastern Command in Sydney; he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1959. Knighted in 1961, as Chief of the General Staff he presided over the Army's reorganisation as a pentropic structure, and worked towards making Duntroon a degree-granting institution. In 1962, the first team of Australian military advisors deployed to South Vietnam. After retiring from the military in 1963, Pollard became Honorary Colonel of the Royal Australian Regiment, and also served as Australian Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II during the Royal Visit in 1970; he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order the same year. He died at Wyrallah, New South Wales, in 1978.".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) allegiance "Australia".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) award Distinguished_Service_Order.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) award Mentioned_in_dispatches.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) award Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) award Royal_Victorian_Order.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) battle Korean_War.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) battle Middle_East_Theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) battle New_Guinea_campaign.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) battle South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) battle Syria–Lebanon_Campaign.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) birthDate "1903-01-20".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) birthPlace Bathurst,_New_South_Wales.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) birthPlace New_South_Wales.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) birthYear "1903".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) deathDate "1978-03-09".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) deathPlace New_South_Wales.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) deathPlace Wyrallah,_New_South_Wales.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) deathYear "1978".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) militaryBranch Australian_Army.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) militaryCommand "(1953)".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) militaryCommand "2/31st Battalion(1941)".
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- Reg_Pollard_(general) militaryCommand "Chief of the General Staff(1960–63)".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) militaryCommand "Eastern Command(1957–60)".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) militaryCommand "Recruit Training Centre(1946)".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) occupation Elizabeth_II.
- Reg_Pollard_(general) serviceNumber "214 (NX70398)".
- Reg_Pollard_(general) serviceStartYear "1921".
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