Julian Peter

{{Short description|Pakistani general (died 2023)}} {{distinguish|Peter Julian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Major General | name = Julian Peter | honorific_suffix = HI(M) | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Rawalpindi | death_date = 1 March 2023 | death_place = Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates =  | nickname = Javed | allegiance = Pakistan | branch = Pakistan Army | service_years = 1965–2002 | rank = Major General | service_number = | unit = 4FF | commands = {{ubl|4FF |31FF|45FF|124 Brigade|40th Division| Director General Logistics}} | battles = Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 | battles_label = | awards = Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) | relations = | other_work = Director Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited }}

'''Julian Peter''' (died 1 March 2023) was the first Christian Major General in the Pakistan Army.<ref>[http://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1996/11/20/new-rawalpindi-pastoral-center-a-place-of-prayer-study-discovery&post_id=8506 UCANews November 20, 1996]</ref>

Peter lived in Gawalmandi, Rawalpindi and he was educated at St Mary's Cambridge School, Murree Road, Rawalpindi.<ref name=cv>[http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=85041&Cat=6 The News International December 31, 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231134443/http://thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=85041&Cat=6 |date=31 December 2011 }}</ref> He received military training at the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul.

In 1971 Major Peter was wounded while commanding a rifle company. He refused evacuation and continued fighting until surrender.<ref name="Daily Times 2015">{{cite web | title=A matter of shame | website=Daily Times | date=2 December 2015 | url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/97280/a-matter-of-shame/ | access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref>

Peter rose through the army ranks to become a Brigadier in April 1989 after which he commanded 124 Brigade in Sialkot Cantonment.<ref>Pakistan Army Journal, June 1991</ref> In April 1993 he became the first Christian promoted to the rank of Major General.<ref>[https://tribune.com.pk/story/2345403/minorities-in-armed-forces ''The Express Tribune'' February 27, 2022]</ref> Peter commanded the 40th Strike Division in Okara Cantonment.

In 1999 Major General Julian Peter was Director General Logistics based in Rawalpindi. He is a recipient of the Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military). Peter served as the General Officer Commanding of a Division and as general staff officer at Army Headquarters until his retirement in 2004. In 2004 he was a director of Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited.<ref>Annual Report 2004, Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited, Rawalpindi, April 2004.</ref>

In December 2011 he was the chief guest at an investiture ceremony at St Mary's Cambridge School.<ref name=cv />

Peter died in Rawalpindi on 1 March 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=On 1 Mar 2023, Maj Gen Julian Peter (Retd, 4 FF), passed away at CMH Rwp. |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/982821845470431/posts/1670569573362318/ |website=Veterans of 71 War on Facebook |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Adieu Maj Gen Julian Peter! |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2405246/adieu-maj-gen-julian-peter |access-date=10 March 2023 |publisher=The Express Tribune |date=10 March 2023}}</ref>

==See also== * Ashok Kumar (soldier) ==References== {{reflist}}

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