Peter Leahy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Leahy
Occupation	Military Officer
Date Of Birth	Oct 30, 1952(1952-10-30)
Age	72
Birthplace	Melbourne
Country	Australia
Birth City	Victoria
Horoscope	Libra

Peter Leahy Biography

Peter Leahy is one of the most popular and richest Military Officer who was born on October 30, 1952 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Leahy was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 30 October 1952. He attended the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1971. He graduated with an Associate of Arts in Military Studies in 1974. In 1974, he was inducted into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps.

On September 19th, the 19th of September, Leahy became a member of the Codan board Codan. 7 October 2008 was the day that Leahy joined the faculty at the University of Canberra as a professor and director of the foundation of the National Security Institute. On May 4, 2009, he was appointed to the board of Electro Optic Systems Holdings Ltd. He is the Chairman of the North Queensland Defence Advisory Board and a participant in the First Principles Review of the Department of Defence and in November 2014, he was elected to be a member of the board at Citadel Group Limited. In his work with charities, He is the Chairman of the Board of the charity for wounded veterans Soldier On, Chairman of the Australian International Military Games, the organization which is bringing Invictus Games to Sydney in 2018. Invictus Games to Sydney in 2018. He also sits on the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal Committee in the Australian Capital Territory.

In September 2014, Peter Leahy was formally inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Building (HonFAIB) by the Governor General of Australia His Excellency, General the Honorable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC(Rtd). In February 2018, the then Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurely AC DSC(rtd) formally promulgated the election of Peter Leahy as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales in the NSW Government Gazette.

As of 2018, Leahy was the patron of the Military Historical Society of Australia, having taken over from retired Air Marshal Barry Gration.

Leahy became a lieutenant general and made the Chief of the Army on June 28, 2002. The appointment was extended for another 3 years on June 2005 and he resigned in the Army on July 3, 2008. Leahy is the longest-serving Chief of Army from the time of the time of General Sir Harry Chauvel in the 1920s and is the only Chief of the Army who has not served in an operational capacity in a war zone. The awards and honours he received reflect exemplary, long and foreign exchange work that was that did not involve operations or combat. While he visited Australian troops for combat duty in the overseas region during his tenure as the Chief of Army but he never was attached to the or operational unit.

Peter Leahy Net Worth

Peter Leahy is one of the richest Military Officer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Leahy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lieutenant-General Peter Francis Leahy AC HonFAIB FRSN (born 30 October 1952) is a former top officer of the Australian Army, whose military career culminated in his appointment as the Army’s Chief of the Army from 2002 to 2008. He was director of the National Security Institute, University of Canberra since October of 2008.

As of 1995 Leahy received the rank of Member of the Order of Australia (AM) In 2002, he was promoted into an Officer (AO). In 2007, in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Leahy was promoted to the rank of Companion (AC). He was acknowledged internationally by the distinction of the United States of America Legion of Merit with the grade of Commander and the Republic of Singapore Meritorious Service Medal (Military) and the Cambodian Royal Order of Sahametrei with the grade of Commander, and the Malaysian Armed Forces Order for Valour with the grade of Colonel Gallant.

Leahy’s early career included instructional duties at the Officer Cadet School, Portsea and command of a company of Gurkha soldiers during an exchange posting with 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles in Hong Kong. Over a three-year period he was a student and an instructor at the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Later in his career he was the Commanding Officer of the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff, Director of Army Research and Analysis, Commander of the 3rd Brigade, Chief of Staff of Headquarters Australian Theatre and Deputy Chief of Army.

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Peter Ranked on the list of most popular Military Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Peter Leahy celebrates birthday on October 30 of every year.