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Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE, Australian Army (right) speaks with United Nations Secretary General U Thant in New York in the early 1960's. Lieutenant General Nimmo was Chief Military Observer with United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) from 1952 until his death on 4 January 1966. He was the first Australian General to command a United Nations (UN) mission and was chosen because the UN considered an Australian best suited to supervise a dispute between two Commonwealth countries.
"Lieutenant General Robert H Nimmo, Chief Military Observer (CMO), Australia with United Nations Secretary General U Thant (2nd from right), during Peace negotiations in Delhi with Indian Prime Minist
Collection relating to the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) service of 2121837 Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) William Robert Artis, 1958-1960, 1964-1965. W
"Jammu airstrip on returning from Peace negotiations with U Thant and Prime Minister Shastri in Delhi during the Sep 1965 War between India and Pakistan. Jammu was the southernmost UN Field Station on
"Lt Gen R H Nimmo, (Aust), Chief Military Observer, UNMOGIP (centre, front row) at the 1965 Pakistan Day Parade held at Rawalpindi, where Prince Phillip, representing the Queen, was Guest of Honour."
"Lieutenant (Lt) General Robert Harold Nimmo, CMO United Nations Military Observer Group India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), second from right, attends a wedding at the Anglican Church, Rawalpindi, of the s
AWM260 4/11 - [Peacekeeping operation, miscellaneous records] [United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP):] Records of B.W. Cloughley AM - United Nations Military Observer
