General Douglas MacArthur once opined “old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”
One general who has not heeded this is former Australian Army chief David Morrison, currently Australian of the Year.
Morrison is the son of another general – Alby – who was much loved and whose CV highlights included being current Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove’s battalion commander and Commandant at the Royal Military College Duntroon.
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