serviceyears branch mawards birth_date term_end alma_mater commands battles term_start rank image name caption predecessor birth_place office successor article_title birth_name
1959 & ndash ; 1996 australian army officer of the order of australia 10 june 1940 december 2012 university of adelaide training 8th/12th regiment , royal australian artillery -lrb- 1978 & ndash command ; 80 -rrb- -lrb- 1995 & ndash ; 96 -rrb- vietnam war march 1996 major general julia awm.jpg gillard steve gower and other politicians at the steve gower gower prime minister julia gillard , gai brodtmann and senator kate -lrb- lundy at an announcement of additional government funding for the at awm in 2011 centre -rrb- with warren snowdon , brendon kelson adelaide , south australia director of the australian war memorial brendan nelson steve gower
 stephen newman gower
steve gower

major general stephen newman `` steve '' gower -lrb- born 10 june 1940 -rrb- is a retired australian army officer and former director of the australian war memorial -lrb- awm -rrb- .
during his time in the army he saw combat as an artillery forward observer during the vietnam war in 1966 and 1967 .
he is also the author of the books `` guns of the regiment '' -lrb- 1981 -rrb- and `` options for an australian defence technological strategy '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- .
