Mervyn Cardoza

{{more citations needed|date=December 2014}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Brigadier | name = Mervyn Adrian Cardoza | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1922 | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|11|17|1922}} | burial_label = Toronto, Canada | burial_place = | birth_place = British India | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | burial_coordinates =  | nickname = | allegiance = {{PAK}} | branch = {{army|PAK}} | service_years = | rank = 20px Brigadier | service_number = | unit = 13th Lancers | commands = 5th Armoured Brigade<br/> Director Logistics | battles = Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | battles_label = | awards = 39px Tamgha-e-Khidmat | relations = sons – Chris, Bruce and Geof | other_work = }}

Brigadier '''Mervyn Adrian Cardoza''' (1922 – 17 November 2010) was a one-star general in the Pakistan Army. In 1965, Cardoza was awarded the Tamgha-e-Khidmat by President Ayub Khan for Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.<ref>''Herald Review Goa'' O C T O B E R 2 8 , 2 0 1 2</ref>

==Background and family== He was first educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi.<ref>[http://theoldpatricians.org/illustrious.htm The Old Patricians website accessed 18 April 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129092734/http://www.theoldpatricians.org/illustrious.htm |date=29 November 2014 }}</ref> Cardoza attended St. George's College, Mussoorie from where he graduated in 1944. He had three sons, Chris, Bruce and Geof. He had nine grandchildren.

==Career== Following graduation, he joined the Army, and at the time of partition opted to serve in the Pakistan Army.<ref>Mascarenhas, Oswin (2011). ''The Origin and Evolution of St Lawrence's Parish, Karachi, Pakistan: The Garden Area with the Settlement of the Christian Community'' (Kindle Locations 1673–1674). Kindle Edition.</ref>

He quickly moved up the ranks until retiring at the rank of Brigadier.

Cardoza, who was commanding 5 Armoured Brigade until 1970, left to take over the new post of Director Logistics in 1971.<ref>[http://www.defencejournal.com/july98/thewayitwas3.htm Defence Journal July 1998]</ref>

After retiring from the Army he migrated to Canada.{{fact|date=March 2023}}

==Death== Cardoza died in Toronto on 17 November 2010. A funeral mass was celebrated on 20 November at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Toronto.<ref>''Toronto Star'' 18 November 2010</ref>

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