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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