Mark Kelly (general)

Mark Andrew Kelly
Kelly at Kandahar in 2009
Born	(1956-10-31) 31 October 1956 (age 67) Sydney, New South Wales
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1975–2010
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Joint Task Force 633 (2009–10) Land Command (2005–08) 1st Division (2004–05) 3rd Brigade (2000–02) 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1995–97)
Battles/wars	Rhodesia Commonwealth Monitoring Force East Timor International Force East Timor War in Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Slipper Iraq War Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Catalyst
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia Distinguished Service Cross Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Other work	Repatriation Commissioner (2010–19) Colonel Commandant of the Royal Australian Regiment (2011–19)

Major General Mark Andrew Kelly, AO, DSC (born 31 October 1956)^[1] is a former senior officer in the Australian Army. He served as Commander Joint Task Force 633 commanding all Australian Forces in the Middle East Area of Operations and Afghanistan from 12 January 2009 until 14 January 2010, and as Land Commander Australia from July 2005 to December 2008. He was appointed as the Repatriation Commissioner on 1 July 2010 and served in that role until 30 June 2019.