Peter Cosgrove

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A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Cosgrove fought in the Vietnam War, receiving the Military Cross in 1971. From 1983 to 1984, he was commander of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and he later served as commander of the 6th Brigade and the 1st Division. Cosgrove rose to prominence in 1999, when he served as commander of the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET), which oversaw the peacekeeping mission in East Timor during its transition to independence. He is also an alumnus of National Defence College, India.

Cosgrove was Australia's Chief of Army from 2000 to 2002 and Chief of the Defence Force from 2002 to 2005, receiving corresponding promotions to lieutenant general and general. Cosgrove retired from active service following the end of his term as Chief of the Defence Force, and subsequently served as leader of a taskforce helping to rebuild communities in Queensland after Cyclone Larry in 2006. In January 2014, Cosgrove was named to succeed Dame Quentin Bryce as Governor-General of Australia. He was sworn in on 28 March 2014 and made a Knight of the Order of Australia on the same date. Cosgrove retired on 1 July 2019 and was succeeded by General David Hurley.

Early life and educationEdit

Template:Infobox viceroy styles Cosgrove was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 28 July 1947. He was educated at Waverley College in Sydney, then followed his father, a warrant officer, into the Australian Army by attending the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1965. Cosgrove's uncle, Bill Cosgrove, was a professional Australian rules football player, but was killed in action while serving with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Cosgrove class of 1964 spent time in Waverley College's Cadet Unit, as a cadet he was Adjutant CUO P. Cosgrove and tied for the Major General JA Chapman Cane for the most efficient cadet in the Unit. Years later the cadet unit has named an award after Cosgrove, the General Cosgrove Shield (for the most efficient Speciality in the Cadet Unit) each year to honour the achievements of the most senior ranking officer to graduate.

Military serviceEdit

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Cosgrove at the Centenary of the Kangaroo March launch in 2013.

Cosgrove was appointed a probationary second lieutenant in August 1968 while attached to a regular army unit,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and was commissioned a lieutenant on 11 December 1968.<ref name="lt">Template:Cite news</ref> He was allotted to the Royal Australian Infantry. He arrived in South Vietnam on 3 August 1969 and was posted to 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on 20 August 1969. On 10 October 1969, Lieutenant Cosgrove was commanding 5 Platoon, B Company. The platoon located an occupied bunker system in an area where, because of the proximity of allied troops, indirect fire support was difficult to obtain. In spite of this, he led his platoon in an assault on the bunkers without indirect fire support, capturing the system and killing and wounding at least four enemy without sustaining any casualties. On 16 October 1969, 5 Platoon located another bunker system occupied by about a platoon of enemy. Lieutenant Cosgrove silently deployed his own platoon for an attack. His assault completely surprised the enemy causing them to flee, abandoning large quantities of food, stores and documents. The following day in the same bunker system a party of enemy approached his right forward section and was engaged by the sentry. Knowing that the remainder of the section was elsewhere on other tasks, Lieutenant Cosgrove ran to the contact area and personally conducted the fight against the enemy. As a result of his actions, two enemy were killed and three weapons and four packs containing rice were captured. He was awarded the Military Cross for these actions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=LG>Template:London Gazette</ref>

Cosgrove was promoted to the temporary rank of captain on 21 September 1970,<ref name="t_capt">Template:Cite news</ref> and was appointed an aide-de-camp to the then-Governor-General Paul Hasluck on 20 December 1971.<ref name="ADC">Template:Cite news</ref> He was promoted to substantive captain on 31 October 1974 (seniority from 13 July),<ref name="capt">Template:Cite news</ref> to temporary major on 2 January 1976 and to substantive major on 11 December 1978.<ref name="t_maj">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="maj">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1980 he was awarded the National Medal,<ref name=NM>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 7 December 1981.<ref name="lt_col">Template:Cite news</ref> In the mid-1980s he commanded the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.<ref name=AM>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cosgrove came to national fame in 1999 when, as a major general, he led the international forces (INTERFET) in a peacekeeping mission to East Timor. The mission's success made him one of Australia's most respected and popular military leaders.<ref name=AC>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He returned to Australia in 2000 as Land Commander Australia,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> was promoted to lieutenant general in July and appointed Chief of the Army and, in 2002, was advanced to general as Chief of the Defence Force.<ref name=CM>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2004, the Foreign Minister Alexander Downer queried the judgement of Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty.<ref name=Keelty>Template:Cite news</ref> Following a joint interview with the then Defence Minister Robert Hill, Cosgrove was accused of "playing politics" when he said that, on this occasion, he disagreed with Keelty's point of view. However, Cosgrove expressed strong support for the Police Commissioner in his Australian best selling autobiography, My Story, published in 2006.<ref name=MyStory>Template:Cite book</ref> On 3 July 2005, Cosgrove's three-year appointment as Chief of the Defence Force was completed, and he was succeeded by then-Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Angus Houston.

Post-military careerEdit

Cyclone Larry TaskforceEdit

On 23 March 2006, Cosgrove was selected to lead the Queensland Government taskforce of rebuilding communities damaged by Cyclone Larry, a Category 5 tropical cyclone that devastated the Innisfail region of northern Queensland.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> "In recognition of the important contribution General Cosgrove made to the community of North Queensland following Cyclone Larry", on 11 October 2008, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced that a new residential suburb in the Bohle Plains area of Townsville would be named Cosgrove, formerly the site of an Abattoir for the cattle sale yards next to it.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Cosgrove-storm>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Corporate leadership and community organisationsEdit

Cosgrove served on the board of Australia's main airline Qantas between July 2005<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and January 2014<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> and is on numerous other boards as chairman or member.Template:Citation needed He served as Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University between November 2010<ref name=ACU>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and January 2014;<ref name=catholicnews2014>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is Honorary Patron of the ACT Veterans Rugby Club<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Rosies Youth Mission.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Peter Cosgrove was appointed as Patron to the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association in 2015.

Governor-GeneralEdit

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Swearing in as Governor-General

On 28 January 2014, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that Queen Elizabeth II had accepted his advice to appoint General Peter Cosgrove as the next Governor-General of Australia, to succeed Dame Quentin Bryce in late March.<ref>Governor-General-designate to be sworn in Template:Webarchive – Office of the Prime Minister of Australia, 24 February 2014.</ref> On 25 March, Abbott announced that the Queen had also approved the reinstatement of the grade of Knight or Dame in the Order of Australia (she had abolished it in 1986 on the advice of Bob Hawke), and that governors-general would be ex officio the Principal Knight or Dame of the Order.<ref name="ABC5344646">Template:Cite news</ref> The incumbent, Quentin Bryce, was immediately made the first new Dame of the Order. On 28 March, Cosgrove succeeded Dame Quentin and was sworn in as Governor-General by Chief Justice Robert French,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> becoming Sir Peter Cosgrove.<ref name="GG">Template:Cite news</ref> Former headmaster of Waverley College, Ray Paxton, states "In choosing Sir Peter Cosgrove for Governor General, Australia has honoured a remarkable man". During his time as Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove was a supporter for the Lung Foundation Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Prince George with his parents and Sir Peter Cosgrove at Admiralty House, Sydney, April 2014

On 16 December 2018, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that The Queen had approved the appointment of retired General David Hurley, the current Governor of New South Wales, as the next Governor-General of Australia, commencing in July 2019, and that Cosgrove's term would be extended until that time to ensure smooth transitions following the New South Wales election in March and federal election expected in May 2019.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 12 August 2019, during a post appointment call upon the Queen, Cosgrove was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.<ref name="CVO">Template:Cite news</ref>

During the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla, with the Governor-General of Australia and all of the state governors in London, Cosgrove served as the Administrator of the Commonwealth from 30 April to 10 May 2023.<ref>Governor-General to attend Coronation and undertake State Visit to Greece</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Template:BLP sources section Cosgrove married Lynne Payne in 1976;<ref name="ggbio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> they have three sons<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and four grandchildren. Cosgrove is a Roman Catholic and frequently attends Mass in St Christopher's Cathedral, Canberra.

Cosgrove is a strong supporter and member of the Sydney Roosters. He is also a keen follower of cricket and rugby union.

His memoir, You shouldn't have joined ..., was published by Allen & Unwin in 2020.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

File:Lady Lynne Cosgrove.jpg

Lady Cosgrove in 2017

Honours and awardsEdit

File:AUS Order of Australia (civil) BAR.svg File:AUS Order of Australia (military) BAR.svg
File:UK Royal Victorian Order ribbon.svg File:Military Cross ribbon.png File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg File:Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75 ribbon.png
File:Vietnam Medal BAR.svg File:Australian Active Service Medal ribbon.png File:INTERFET Medal ribbon.png File:Australian Service Medal 1945-1975 ribbon.png
File:AUS Centenary Medal ribbon.svg File:DFSM with Fed Star.png File:National Medal (Australia) ribbon.jpg File:Australian Defence Medal (Australia) ribbon.png
File:Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg File:New Zealand Order of Merit ribbon.svg File:US Legion of Merit Commander ribbon.png File:Tong-il Security Medal Ribbon.svg
File:Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg File:PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Cross BAR.svg File:Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) ribbon.png File:Order of Timor-Leste.png
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File:OrderAustraliaRibbon.png	Knight of the Order of Australia (AK)	28 March 2014	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:Order of Australia (Military) ribbon.png	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	For eminent service to the Australian Defence Force as the Commander of the International Force East Timor<ref name=AC />
File:Order of Australia (Military) ribbon.png	Member of the Order of Australia (AM)	26 January 1985 (Military division)	In recognition of service as Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment<ref name=AM />
File:UK Royal Victorian Order ribbon.svg	Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)	12 August 2019	<ref name="CVO" />
File:Military Cross ribbon.png	Military Cross (MC)	12 February 1971	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg	Knight of the Order of St John	28 March 2014	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75 ribbon.png	Australian Active Service Medal 1945–1975		with Vietnam clasp
File:Vietnam Medal BAR.svg	Vietnam Medal		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:Australian Active Service Medal ribbon.png	Australian Active Service Medal		with East Timor clasp<ref name=BIAust />
File:INTERFET Medal ribbon.png	International Force East Timor Medal		(INTERFET)<ref name=BIAust />
File:Australian Service Medal 1945-1975 ribbon.png	Australian Service Medal 1945–1975		<ref name=BIAust />
File:AUS Centenary Medal ribbon.svg	Centenary Medal	1 January 2001	For service to Australian society as Chief of the Defence Force<ref name=CM />
File:DFSM with Fed Star.png	Template:Nowrap		40–44 years service<ref name=BIAust />
File:National Medal (Australia) ribbon.jpg	National Medal	16 October 1980	For diligent long service to the community in hazardous circumstances, including in times of emergency and national disaster, in direct protection of life and property<ref name=BIAust />
File:Australian Defence Medal (Australia) ribbon.png	Australian Defence Medal		<ref name=BIAust />
File:Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg	Vietnam Campaign Medal		Republic of Vietnam<ref name=BIAust />
File:New Zealand Order of Merit ribbon.svg	Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit	Template:Nowrap	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:US Legion of Merit Commander ribbon.png	Commander of the Legion of Merit		United States<ref name=BIAust />
File:Tong-il Security Medal Ribbon.svg	Template:Nowrap		South Korea<ref name=BIAust />
File:Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg	Officer of the Legion of Honour		France<ref name=BIAust />
File:PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Cross BAR.svg	Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry	28 May 2002	Portugal<ref>Annual Portuguese Honorary Orders, Foreign citizens 1910–2006, 2006, retrieved 19 April 2008, p111. Template:In lang Template:Webarchive</ref>
File:Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) ribbon.png	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Singapore<ref>MINDEF Singapore, President Nathan Confers Top Military Award on Chief of the Australian Defence Force, 7 September 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2008.</ref>
File:Order of Timor-Leste.png	Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste	30 August 2009	Timor-Leste<ref>Retired General Peter Cosgrove is presented with the collar of the Order of East Timor by East Timor President, His Excellency, Dr Jose Ramos Horta at the 10th Anniversary of Popular Consultation Awards Ceremony held at the New Presidential Palace in Dili Template:Webarchive, Defence image gallery – Order of East Timor medal presentations, 4 September 2009</ref>
File:GC.OrdineS.GregorioMagno.png	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great	Template:Nowrap	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:TON Order of the Crown of Tonga ribbon.svg	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Tonga	3 July 2015	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:ARG Order of the Liberator San Martin - Grand Cross BAR.png	Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín	Template:Nowrap	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:PRT Order of Liberty - Grand Cross BAR.svg	Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty	Template:Nowrap	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>
File:Infantry Combat Badge (Australia).svg	Infantry Combat Badge
Other awards
	Australian of the Year	26 January 2001	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Honorary appointmentsEdit

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Template:Flagicon 2014–2019: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps<ref name=Note2 />
Template:Flagicon 2014–2019: Colonel of the Regiment of the Royal Australian Regiment
Template:Flagicon 2014–2019: Chief Scout of Australia
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Honorary degreesEdit

Victoria:

2016 Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), Monash University<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Named in his honourEdit

the suburb of Cosgrove in the City of Townsville, Queensland<ref name="qpnl">Template:Cite QPN</ref>
The Cosgrove Centre, Waverley College, Sydney, New South Wales