Richard Wilson (general)
Major General Richard Gary Wilson, AO (born 16 January 1955) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He served as Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation from 2009 to 2011, and Chairman of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority in the wake of the 2010–11 Queensland floods. Early life Richard Gary Wilson was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 16 January 1955. Military career A 1977 Infantry graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Wilson has extensive command experience in the Royal Australian Regiment. He served as: (1978–1980) Platoon Commander in the 6th Battalion (1986) Adjutant, 2nd/4th Battalion (1987–88) Company Commander, 2nd/4th Battalion (1994) Commanding Officer, 2nd/4th Battalion (1995–96) Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion (2002–03) Commander, 7th Brigade (2004) Director General Military Strategy (2005) Promoted to major general and assumed the position of commander, Training Command – Army. (2007) Commander 1st Division (2009) Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation He has held a wide range of staff appointments: (1981–82) Aide de Camp to the Chief of Defence Force Staff, Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot (1982) Operations Officer in the Army's Directorate of Operations (1989) Plans Officer (Land) on the Joint Exercise Planning Staff Following Staff College, Wilson spent two years on exchange with