Major General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
Peter James Dunn
AO (born 14 April 1947) is a retired senior officer in the
Australian Army
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, and a former Commissioner for the
Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Authority (2004–06).
As Commissioner for the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Authority he was responsible for the ACT Fire Brigade,
ACT Ambulance Service
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, Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service.
He was appointed to this position in 2003 by Chief Minister
Jon Stanhope
Jonathan Donald Stanhope (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembl ...
.
[ The creation of this position was recommended by the McLeod Inquiry into the ]Canberra bushfires of 2003
The 2003 Canberra bushfires caused severe damage to the suburbs and outer areas of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, during 18–22 January 2003. Almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) pastures, pine plantations, and nat ...
.
Dunn was previously a major general in the Australian Army. While serving in the army, he had completed a Defence Efficiency Review of the Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Forc ...
in 1997, and a forward plan for the ''Army in the 21st Century''.
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1947 births
Military personnel from Victoria (Australia)
Australian generals
Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War
Living people
Officers of the Order of Australia
People from Ballarat
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