Mick Mumford Explained

Mick Mumford
Allegiance:	Australia
Branch:	Australian Army Australian Army Reserve
Serviceyears:	1986–present
Rank:	Colonel
Commands:	3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Battles:	Iraq War Operation Anode Operation Astute
Awards:	Conspicuous Service Cross

Colonel Michael Anthony Mumford, is a career officer in the Australian Army, now serving as a part of the Australian Army Reserve.

He came to prominence in 2006:

Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, from early 2006, with the rank of lieutenant colonel;
As CO of Private Jacob Kovco, the first Australian soldier to die during the Iraq campaign (April 2006);
Commanding 3RAR during:
- Operation Anode (Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, specifically the Australian response to riots following 2006 general election, April 2006);
- Operation Astute responding to riots in East Timor (May–June 2006);

He was promoted to the rank of colonel in late 2013.

Other interests

Mumford is a former Chairman of the Military Christian Fellowship of Australia.https://web.archive.org/web/20071105085620/http://mcf-australia.org.au/

Mumford completed a Masters of Divinity at Malyon College, Brisbane in 2013.^[1]

	Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC)	2007



	Defence Long Service Medal with 2 Rosette's	for 25–29 years of service

		(United Nations)
		(East Timor)
	NATO Medal for ISAF (NATO)