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Donald Stuart McIver, (22 January 1936 – 22 August 2016) was a New Zealand military officer who was the

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(1987–1989) and the director of the

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(1991–1999). During the

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he served as the 2IC of the final regiment of combined Australian and New Zealand infantry, 4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) of the

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in 1971. In the

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, McIver was appointed an

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. He was made a

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in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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