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After which role did Peter Cosgrove retire from active service?

  • Chief of the 6th Brigade

  • Chief of Army

  • Chief of the Defence Force

  • Governor-General of Australia

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Peter Cosgrove retired from active service after serving as the Chief of the Defence Force from 2002 to 2005. He was a career soldier who served in the Australian Army for 41 years. He was appointed Chief of the Defence Force in 2002 and served in that role until 2005. After retiring from active service, he served as the Governor-General of Australia from 2014 to 2019.
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