Paul Cullen Military person

Major General Paul Alfred Cullen AC, CBE, DSO & Bar, ED (13 February 1909 – 7 October 2007) was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He joined the Militia in 1927 and saw active service throughout the Second World War, distinguishing himself as a fighting Battalion commander on the Kokoda Track. Post war, he continued to serve in the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) and rose to the rank of Major General as the CMF Member of the Military Board. In civil life he was founder of Mainguard merchant bank, founder and first chairman of Austcare, a noted philanthropist and breeder of Galloway cattle.

Personal facts

Paul Cullen
Birth dateFebruary 13, 1909
Birth place
New South Wales , Newcastle New South Wales
Date of deathOctober 07, 2007

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Military person

award
Order of Australia
Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Efficiency Decoration
military operations
North African Campaign
World War II
Aitape–Wewak campaign
Kokoda Track campaign
South West Pacific theatre of World War II
Battle of Greece
New Guinea campaign
military branch
Australian Army
military command
14th Brigade
2/1st Battalion
45th Battalion
relation
service start1927
service end1966

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