Life of 上院議員 and ex-兵士 Jim Molan
LIFE OF JIM MOLAN
* Born in East Melbourne in 1950
* Joined the Australian Army after finishing school and 卒業生（する）d from RMC Duntroon in 1971.
* Rose to the 階級 of major-general, serving in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Germany, the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs and Iraq.
* Played a 重要な 役割 as 長，指導者 of 操作／手術s for 連合 軍隊s in Iraq, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Legion of 長所 by the Australian and US 政府s, それぞれ.
* He also received an Order of Australia for his service in Indonesia and East Timor, before retiring in 2008.
* 任命するd by the Abbott 連立政権 as a special （外交）使節／代表 in 2013 to 開始する，打ち上げる 操作／手術 君主 国境s to 取り組む people 密輸するing.
* Entered the 上院 in 2017 after Fiona Nash was disqualified by the High 法廷，裁判所 because of her 二重の British 市民権.
* 敗北・負かすd at the 2019 選挙 but chosen in November 2019 to fill a casual vacancy left by the 退職 of Arthur Sinodinos.
* Elected to the 上院 for NSW in 2022.
* Served as a volunteer firefighter and 救助（する） ヘリコプター 操縦する.
* Author of two 調書をとる／予約するs - Danger On Our Doorstep (about 中国's rise and 軍の build-up) and Running the War in Iraq - and a 正規の／正選手 commentator on 安全 問題／発行するs.
* He is 生き残るd by his wife Anne, daughters Sarah, Erin and Felicity, son Michael, and five grandchildren.
