Served World War 1 Major 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Served World War 2 QX23797 Colonel HQ Northern Command.
Served Regular Army Regt No: 11 (BCOF and Kashmir)
Died of Heart Attack Rawalpindi, Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
(United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan)
4th January 1966 Age 72
Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE (22 November 1893 – 4 January 1966) was an Australian soldier who served in both World War I and World War II and eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Nimmo also acted as chief military observer to the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan from 1950 until his death in 1966. Nimmo died in his sleep, of a heart attack, on 4 January 1966 at Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and was buried in the Anzac section of Mount Gravatt cemetery, Brisbane, with full military and U.N. honours; senior representatives of both India and Pakistan attended his funeral. His wife and their son and daughter, and the daughter of his first marriage, survived him.
Nimmo was born at Oak Park Station cattle property near Middlemount Queensland on 22 November 1893.
Served World War 2 QX23797 Colonel HQ Northern Command.
Served Regular Army Regt No: 11 (BCOF and Kashmir)
Died of Heart Attack Rawalpindi, Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
(United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan)
4th January 1966 Age 72
Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE (22 November 1893 – 4 January 1966) was an Australian soldier who served in both World War I and World War II and eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Nimmo also acted as chief military observer to the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan from 1950 until his death in 1966. Nimmo died in his sleep, of a heart attack, on 4 January 1966 at Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and was buried in the Anzac section of Mount Gravatt cemetery, Brisbane, with full military and U.N. honours; senior representatives of both India and Pakistan attended his funeral. His wife and their son and daughter, and the daughter of his first marriage, survived him.
Nimmo was born at Oak Park Station cattle property near Middlemount Queensland on 22 November 1893.
Served World War 1 Major 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Served World War 2 QX23797 Colonel HQ Northern Command.
Served Regular Army Regt No: 11 (BCOF and Kashmir)
Died of Heart Attack Rawalpindi, Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
(United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan)
4th January 1966 Age 72
Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE (22 November 1893 – 4 January 1966) was an Australian soldier who served in both World War I and World War II and eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Nimmo also acted as chief military observer to the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan from 1950 until his death in 1966. Nimmo died in his sleep, of a heart attack, on 4 January 1966 at Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and was buried in the Anzac section of Mount Gravatt cemetery, Brisbane, with full military and U.N. honours; senior representatives of both India and Pakistan attended his funeral. His wife and their son and daughter, and the daughter of his first marriage, survived him.
Nimmo was born at Oak Park Station cattle property near Middlemount Queensland on 22 November 1893.
Served World War 2 QX23797 Colonel HQ Northern Command.
Served Regular Army Regt No: 11 (BCOF and Kashmir)
Died of Heart Attack Rawalpindi, Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
(United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan)
4th January 1966 Age 72
Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE (22 November 1893 – 4 January 1966) was an Australian soldier who served in both World War I and World War II and eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Nimmo also acted as chief military observer to the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan from 1950 until his death in 1966. Nimmo died in his sleep, of a heart attack, on 4 January 1966 at Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and was buried in the Anzac section of Mount Gravatt cemetery, Brisbane, with full military and U.N. honours; senior representatives of both India and Pakistan attended his funeral. His wife and their son and daughter, and the daughter of his first marriage, survived him.
Nimmo was born at Oak Park Station cattle property near Middlemount Queensland on 22 November 1893.
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