Don McIver explained

Don McIver
Birth Date:22 January 1936
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Allegiance:New Zealand
Branch:New Zealand Army
Serviceyears:1952–1991
Rank:Lieutenant General
Commands:Multinational Force and Observers (1989–91)
Chief of the General Staff (1987–89)
Battles:Malayan Emergency
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Vietnam War
Awards:Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Laterwork:Director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (1991–99)
President of the Returned and Services' Association (2010–14)

Lieutenant General Donald Stuart McIver, (22 January 1936 – 22 August 2016) was a New Zealand military officer who was the Chief of the General Staff (1987–1989) and the director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (1991–1999).[1]

During the Vietnam War he served as the 2IC of the final regiment of combined Australian and New Zealand infantry, 4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) of the 1st Australian Task Force in 1971.[2] [3]

In the 1981 New Year Honours, McIver was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A military man – former army chief and SIS boss Don McIver dies, 80. stuff.co.nz. 27 August 2016. Bess. Manson. 1 September 2016. 23 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180323033943/https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/83545021/A-military-man-former-army-chief-and-SIS-boss-Don-McIver-dies-80. live.
  2. Web site: Maj Donald Stuart McIver | VietnamWar.govt.nz, New Zealand and the Vietnam War . 25 April 2021 . 25 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210425135654/https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/maj-donald-stuart-mciver . live .
  3. 'A military man - former army chief and SIS boss Don McIver dies, 80', Author: Bess Manson, Date: Aug 25 2016, URL: https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/83545021/a-military-man--former-army-chief-and-sis-boss-don-mciver-dies-80 (Stuff NZ) Retrieved 25 April 2021