title: Mick Mumford
text: # Mick Mumford
  
  Colonel Michael Anthony Mumford, CSC is a career officer in the Australian Army, now serving as a part of the Australian Army Reserve.
  
  He came to prominence in 2006:
  
  * Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, from early 2006, with the rank of lieutenant colonel;
  * As CO of Private Jacob Kovco, the first Australian soldier to die during the Iraq campaign (April 2006);
  * Commanding 3RAR during:
     * Operation Anode (Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, specifically the Australian response to riots following 2006 general election, April 2006);
     * Operation Astute responding to riots in East Timor (May–June 2006);
  
  He was promoted to the rank of colonel in late 2013.
  
  ## Other interests
  
  Mumford is a former Chairman of the Military Christian Fellowship of Australia.
  
  Mumford completed a Masters of Divinity at Malyon College, Brisbane in 2013.
  
  ## Honours and awards
  
  | Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC) | 2007 |
  | - | - |
  | Australian Active Service Medal | |
  | Afghanistan Medal | |
  | Australian Service Medal | |
  | Defence Long Service Medal with 2 Rosette's | for 25–29 years of service |
  | Australian Defence Medal | |
  | United Nations Medal for UNTAET | (United Nations) |
  | Timor Leste Solidarity Medal | (East Timor) |
  | NATO Medal for ISAF (NATO) | |
  | Infantry Combat Badge | |
  