Decorated soldier and Liberal senator Jim Molan has been praised for his life of service to Australia following his death aged 72.
Senator Molan died on Monday surrounded by family, following a “sudden and rapid” decline in his health after Christmas.
Prominent in his later years spearheading Operation Sovereign Borders before joining the Senate, perhaps his greatest honour came in the Iraq invasion, where he served as chief of operations for the coalition forces.
Senator Molan, who represented New South Wales (NSW), was a major general in the army, serving across a 40-year period in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Germany and the United States, along with Iraq….