Q:Read the bio below and try to give details on ronald mcnicoll 's: - battles - death date - allegiance - relations - rank - awards - birth date - serviceyears - name - branch - death place - birth place Bio: major general ronald ramsay mcnicoll -lrb- 15 september 1906 -- 18 september 1996 -rrb- was an australian army general who served in the royal australian engineers . the son of walter mcnicoll and 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 . in 1957 , he was appointed a commander of the order of the british empire .
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- battles is second world war korean war- death date is 18 september 1996- allegiance is australia- relations is brigadier admiral sir alan mcnicoll -lrb- brother -rrb- general sir walter mcnicoll -lrb- father -rrb- vice- rank is major general- awards is commander in despatches of the order of the british empire mentioned- birth date is 15 september 1906- serviceyears is 1923 -- 1964- name is ronald ramsay mcnicoll- branch is australian army- death place is melbourne , victoria- birth place is melbourne , victoria