Gary Byles

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Australian brigadier

title: "Gary Byles" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["australian-brigadiers", "living-people", "graduates-of-the-officer-cadet-school,-portsea", "recipients-of-the-conspicuous-service-cross-(australia)", "australian-public-servants", "year-of-birth-missing-(living-people)"] description: "Australian brigadier" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Byles" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameGary Byles
allegianceAustralia
branchAustralian Army
serviceyears1972–2003
rankBrigadier
commands5th Brigade
Joint Task Force Gold
awardsConspicuous Service Cross
laterworkDirector-General Department of Territory and Municipal Services (2009–16)
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|name= Gary Byles |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |placeofburial= |allegiance= Australia |branch= Australian Army |serviceyears= 1972–2003 |rank= Brigadier |unit= |commands= 5th Brigade Joint Task Force Gold |battles= |awards= Conspicuous Service Cross |relations= |laterwork= Director-General Department of Territory and Municipal Services (2009–16) Brigadier Gary Byles, is a retired senior public servant and a former Australian Army officer.

Military career

Byles joined the Australian Army in 1972 and, after training at the Officer Training Unit, Scheyville, graduated from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea in December as a commissioned officer. He spent almost 32 years in the army, his career culminating with his promotion to brigadier and command of Joint Task Force Gold in 2000, the Australian Defence Force unit formed to provide security and general support for the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia. Byles was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross for his "outstanding achievement" in this role.Queens birthday honours list 2001, Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC), Army News, Edition 1029, 21 June 2001, www.defence.gov.au: Brig Gary Byles: For outstanding achievement as commander JTF 112, Op Gold, supporting the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. Byles then went on to command the 5th Brigade before his retirement from the army in 2003.

Public servant

After leaving the army, Byles was Sheriff of New South Wales from 2003 to 2007. He joined the ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) as the Executive Director for Enterprise Services in 2007. He was made Chief Executive (later retitled Director-General) of TAMS in June 2009, and concurrently served as the ACT government's appointee to the board of the Canberra Convention Bureau. After almost seven years as Director-General, Byles retired in April 2016.

Education

Byles holds a Bachelor of Social Science and an Executive Masters of Public Administration.

Notes

References

  1. David Horner, Neil Thomas (2009)[https://books.google.com/books?id=cjutukHc9ucC&dq=%22Gary+Byles%22+brigadier&pg=PA330 In Action with the SAS], Page 330. Reproduced at books.google.com.au
  2. [https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/913928 Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC)], 11 June 2001, itsanhonour.gov.au
  3. [http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/local_courts/ll_localcourts.nsf/pages/SHO_resp_sheriff_australia Office of the Sheriff], www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au [http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/local_courts/ll_localcourts.nsf/vwFiles/MrByles2.jpg/$file/MrByles2.jpg Photo] {{Webarchive. link. (22 March 2011)
  4. [http://www.chiefminister.act.gov.au/media.php?v=8133 Chief Executive appointments for DET and TAMS announced], Press release 19 June 2009, Jon Stanhope, Chief Minister, Australian Capital Territory, chiefminister.act.gov.au
  5. [http://www.tams.act.gov.au/live/about_our_department/Photo_of_the_Week/photo_of_the_week_2009/pow_2009/december_2009 Annual Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) Charity Christmas Breakfast], Wednesday 16 December 2009, tams.act.gov.au
  6. [http://www.canberraconvention.com.au/pages/page197.asp About us] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-02-26 , Canberra Convention Bureau, canberraconvention.com.au)
  7. (22 March 2016). "Gary Byles thanked for making Canberra a better place". ACT Government.

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