Ronald McNicoll

Ronald Ramsay McNicoll
Born	(1906-09-15)15 September 1906 Melbourne, Victoria
Died	Melbourne, Victoria
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1923–64
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	Second World War Korean War
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Order of Australia Mentioned in Despatches
Relations	Brigadier General Sir Walter McNicoll (father) Vice Admiral Sir Alan McNicoll (brother)

Major General Ronald Ramsay McNicoll CBE, AM, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (15 September 1906 – 18 September 1996) was an Australian Army general who served in the Royal Australian Engineers. The son of Walter McNicoll and elder brother of Alan McNicoll, he was born in Melbourne and completed his schooling at Scots College before taking up an appointment as a staff cadet at the Royal Military College, Duntroon. After graduating from Duntroon in 1926, he was granted the rank of lieutenant in the engineers and undertook a civilian engineering degree. During the Second World War, McNicoll saw active service in the Middle East and in Europe, including a period on exchange with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, helping to plan the D-Day landings. He was Mentioned in Despatches as a major of engineers while serving in the 6th Division. After the war, he was steadily promoted, eventually reaching the rank of major general before retiring from the military in 1964. He later wrote three volumes of the Royal Australian Engineers corps history, covering the periods from colonial Australia to the Second World War. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1957, and a Member of the Order of Australia in 1982.

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