Who was the Australian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the war codnamed Operation Desert Shield?
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Alex McGoldrick Alexander J. "Alex" McGoldrick is an Australian author and a former public servant and diplomat. He was Australian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1988 to 1991, during the Gulf War.
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Gulf War The Gulf War (2 August 199028 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 199017 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defence of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 199128 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
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John Petherbridge John D. Petherbridge (22 August 192025 October 2013) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.
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List of ambassadors of Australia to Iran The Australian Ambassador to Iran is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Iran.
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Peter de la Billière General Sir Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, & Bar (born 29 April 1934) is a former British Army officer who was Director SAS during the Iranian Embassy siege and Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in the Gulf War. He is often known by the initialism DLB.
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Robert Furlonger Robert William "Bob" Furlonger {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 28 April 1921) is a former Australian public servant and diplomat. He was an Australian Ambassador to Indonesia (1972–1975), Australian Ambassador to Austria and Hungary (1975–1977) and the first Director-General of the Office of National Assessments (1977–1981).
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David Butler (general) Major General David Matheson Butler, (born 3 September 1928) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He saw service during the Korean War with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and later as the commanding officer of 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the Vietnam War.
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List of Australian Ambassadors to Zimbabwe The Australian Ambassador to Zimbabwe is the Australian Government’s foremost diplomatic representative in Zimbabwe. The High Commission in Harare was established in 1980 and the High Commissioner also holds non-resident accreditation as High Commissioner to Zambia, Malawi and as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo. There existed a resident High Commission in Lusaka, Zambia from 1983 to 1991, when responsibility for relations with Zambia was transferred to the High Commission in Harare. Relations with Zambia from 1972 to 1983 were the responsibility of the High Commission in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania.
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Donald Cleland Brigadier Sir Donald Mackinnon Cleland, CBE (28 June 1901 – 27 August 1975) was an Australian soldier and administrator.
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Mark Regev Mark Regev (Hebrew: מארק רגב‎ ‎ , ) (born 1960) is an Israeli diplomat and civil servant, and the Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom since April 2016. Prior to that, he was the chief spokesman for the Prime Minister of Israel, a position he held from 2007 to 2015. Originally from Australia, he moved to Israel in 1982.
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Embassy of Australia, Egypt The Embassy of Australia, Egypt in Cairo is the diplomatic mission of Australia in Egypt. It is located in the World Trade Centre Building of Cairo. It is Australia's only diplomatic mission in Egypt.
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Walter Crocker Sir Walter Russell Crocker {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (25 March 190214 November 2002) was an Australian diplomat, writer and war veteran.
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List of German ambassadors to Australia The Ambassador of Germany to Australia is an officer of the German Foreign Office and the head of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Commonwealth of Australia. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Nauru, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The ambassador is based with the embassy in Yarralumla in Canberra but initially from 1952 to 1958 was based in Sydney.
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Ruth Russell Ruth Elizabeth Russell (born 6 March 1946) is an Australian peace activist, and one of five Australian citizens who travelled to Iraq in 2003 to function as a human shield, and for some of the eight weeks was located at the Taji food silo. Her stated reason for doing so was to show "solidarity with the Iraqi civilians who will suffer greatly from the planned invasion of Iraq".
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David Lloyd Owen Major General David Lanyon Lloyd Owen {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (10 October 1917 – 5 April 2001) was a British soldier and writer. During the Second World War he commanded the Long Range Desert Group.
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John McCarthy (Australian diplomat) John Philip McCarthy {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} , (born 1942) is a former Australian diplomat.
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List of Australian Ambassadors to Spain The Australian Ambassador to Spain is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Spain. The Ambassador resides in Madrid. The ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation as ambassador to Andorra (since 1998) and Equatorial Guinea (since 2009).
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Frank Baker (diplomat) Francis Raymond "Frank" Baker, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 27 January 1961) is a British diplomat and civil servant. Since 2014, he has been Ambassador to Iraq. From 2010 to 2014, he was Ambassador to Kuwait.
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John Leslie Hardie Major General John Leslie Hardie DSO, OBE (20 March 1882 – 21 July 1956) was an Australian general who served during World War I and World War II. As a brigade major, Hardie earned the Distinguished Service Order and was later appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services as a deputy assistant adjutant general.
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Peter Dunn (general) Major General Peter James Dunn AO (born 14 April 1947) is a retired senior officer in the Australian Army, and a former Commissioner for the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Authority (2004–06).
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Matthew Locke (soldier) Matthew Raymond Locke MG (16 March 1974 – 25 October 2007) is a recipient of the Medal for Gallantry, awarded for bravery, the third highest award in the Australian honours system. During Operation Spin Ghar, with his patrol entrusted with setting up an observation post in Tarin Kowt, Oruzgan province, the patrol was compromised by militia after a 10-hour foot infiltration up the side of a mountain. Sergeant Locke, without regard for his own personal safety, led a two-man team to neutralise the Anti-Coalition Militia in order to protect the patrol from being overrun, and in effect repeatedly exposed himself to intense rifle and machine gun fire. He was awarded the medal in December 2006. Sergeant Locke was on patrol in October 2007 when he was fatally shot by small arms fire from militia.
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Operation Compass Operation Compass was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British and other Commonwealth forces attacked Italian forces in western Egypt and Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya, from December 1940 to February 1941, with great success. The Western Desert Force (Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor) with about 30,000 men, advanced from Mersa Matruh in Egypt on a five-day raid against the Italian positions of the 10th Army (Marshal Rodolfo Graziani), which had about 150,000 men in fortified posts around Sidi Barrani and in Cyrenaica.