page_title: John Coates (general)
hierarchical_section_title: John Coates (general)
caption_attribution_description: English: w:John Coates (general), cropped from DA-SC-90-07037. A US Army captain explains the functions of a training device to Australian Defence Attache Major General H.J. Coates during a tour to the US Army Armor Center in 1985. Location: FORT KNOX
context_page_description: Lieutenant General Henry John Coates, AC, MBE was an Australian general. He was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He was Chief of the General Staff from 1990 to 1992.
  Coates died at his Canberra home on 11 June 2018, aged 85.
context_section_description: Lieutenant General Henry John Coates, AC, MBE (28 December 1932 – 11 June 2018) was an Australian general. He was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He was Chief of the General Staff from 1990 to 1992. 
  Coates died at his Canberra home on 11 June 2018, aged 85.
caption: Major General John Coates in 1985
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