What is John Coates (general)?
{{Infobox military person |name= John Coates |image= John Coates DA-SC-90-07037.jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Major General John Coates in 1985 |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1932|12|28|df=yes}} |birth_place= [[Adelaide]], South Australia |death_date= {{death date and age|2018|06|11|1932|12|28|df=yes}} |death_place= [[Canberra]], Australian Capital Territory |placeofburial= |allegiance= Australia |branch= [[Australian Army]] |serviceyears= 1953–1992 |rank= [[Lieutenant general (Australia)|Lieutenant General]] |servicenumber= 17023 |unit= |commands= [[Chief of Army (Australia)|Chief of the General Staff]] (1990–92)<br/>[[Royal Military College, Duntroon]] (1983–84)<br/>[[3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment (Australia)|3rd Cavalry Regiment]] (1971) |battles= [[Vietnam War]] |awards= [[Companion of the Order of Australia]]<br/>[[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] |relations= |laterwork= }} [[Lieutenant general|Lieutenant General]] '''Henry John Coates''', [[Companion of the Order of Australia|AC]], [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (28 December 1932 – 11 June 2018) was an Australian general. He was a senior officer in the [[Australian Army]]. He was [[Chief of Army (Australia)|Chief of the General Staff]] from 1990 to 1992. Coates died at his [[Canberra]] home on 11 June 2018, aged 85.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vale Lieutenant-General Henry John Coates|url=https://www.igsoldboys.com/vale-lieutenant-general-henry-john-coates/|work=Old Boy News|publisher=Ipswich Grammar Old Boys|access-date=4 July 2018|archive-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724074038/https://www.igsoldboys.com/vale-lieutenant-general-henry-john-coates/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120319230115/http://www.heidesmith.com/Portrait_of_Maj_Gen_Coates.html 1990 portrait] by Heide Smith {{DEFAULTSORT:Coates, John}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Generals]] [[Category:Australian military people]]