Michael Slater (soldier)

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This article is about the Australian Army officer. For the Australian cricketer, see Michael Slater.

Michael David Slater

Nickname	Mick
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1978-Present
Rank	Major General
Commands held	2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Commander Joint Task Force 630
Battles/wars	International Force for East Timor Operation Astute
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross Member of the Order of Australia Conspicuous Service Cross

Major General Michael David Slater DSC, AM, CSC, is the current Head Personnel Executive in Defence within the Australian Army.

1 Early Life
2 Service History
3 Personal
4 Honours and Awards
5 References
6 External Links

[edit] Early Life

Major General Slater was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and educated at St Joseph’s College Gregory Terrace. He later worked and studied his way through the Queensland University of Technology, joining the Australian Army in 1978.^[1]

[edit] Service History

Major General Slater has commanded at all levels from platoon to brigade level.

His operational commands have included the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and the 3rd Brigade on operations in East Timor, during INTERFET. Slater was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his distinguished command and leadership while commander of 2RAR on Operation Warden, in East Timor.^[2] Also he served as an operations staff officer in the United States 3rd Army Headquarters in Kuwait on Operation Pollard.

He has undertaken formal education in mobilisation planning in the United States of America, and is a graduate of Command and Staff College Fort Queenscliff, the Joint Services Staff College, and the United States Army War College. Major General Slater holds Masters’ Degrees in Strategic Studies and Business Administration.^[3]

[edit] Personal

Mick Slater is married to Danielle and has three adult children from a previous marriage.^[4]

[edit] Honours and Awards

	Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)	Awarded for Operation Warden^[5]
	Member of the Order of Australia (AM)	Awarded for Operations Larry Assist and Astute^[6]
	Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC)	Australia Day Honours List 1998^[7]
	Australian Active Service Medal	With "EAST TIMOR" clasp
	International Force East Timor Medal
	Australian Service Medal	With "IRAQ" & "TIMOR-LESTE" clasps
	Defence Force Service Medal with 3 clasps	30-35 years service
	Australian Defence Medal