Mike Hindmarsh

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Mike Hindmarsh
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Allegiance Flag of Australia Australia
Service/branch Australian Army
Years of service 1975 -
Rank Major General
Commands held Special Air Service Regiment
Special Operations Commander Australia
Commander of Australian Forces in the Middle East Area of Operations
Battles/wars Operation Pollard
War in Afghanistan
*Operation Slipper
Iraq War
*Operation Bastille
*Operation Falconer
Awards Officer Of The Order Of Australia
Conspicuous Service Cross

Major General Michael Simon Hindmarsh AO, CSC, is the current Commander of Australian Forces in the Middle East Area of Operations.

[edit] Military Career

Mike Hindmarsh graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps in 1978.

He has seen regimental service as a Platoon Commander with the 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and as a Troop Commander, Squadron Commander and Commanding Officer with the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR).

As Commanding Officer of the SASR, he commanded the ANZAC Special Operations Force detachment to Operation Pollard in Kuwait during 1998. More recently he commanded the Special Operations Component on Operation Bastille and Operation Falconer in the Iraq War.

Before asuming his current appointment, he served as the Australian Special Operations Commander from October 2004 to February 2008.

Hindmarsh is a graduate of the Australian Command and Staff College, Queenscliff, the Joint Services Staff College, Canberra and the United Kingdom Royal College of Defence Studies.

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Military offices
Preceded by
MAJGEN Mark Evans AO, DSC		 Commander of Australian Forces in Middle East Area of Operations
March 2008 - Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
MAJGEN Duncan Lewis AO, DSC, CSC		 Special Operations Commander
2004-2008		 Succeeded by
MAJGEN Tim McOwan DSC, CSM