Robert Harold Nimmo

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Robert Harold Nimmo
Brigadier Nimmo in 1945
Nickname	Putt
Born	22 November 1893 Einasleigh, Queensland
Died	4 January 1966(1966-01-04) (aged 72) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Allegiance	Australian Army
Years of service	1912–1950
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	1st Armoured Brigade 1st Motor Brigade United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
Battles/wars	World War I Gallipoli Campaign Sinai and Palestine Campaign World War II
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mention in Despatches
Other work	Chief military observer of UNMOGIP

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.

References

Neil James, Peter Londey, 'Nimmo, Robert Harold (1893 - 1966)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, MUP, 2005, pp 303–304.

Persondata
Name	Nimmo, Robert Harold
Alternative names
Short description	Australian Army general
Date of birth	22 November 1893
Place of birth	Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia
Date of death	4 January 1966
Place of death	Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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