Career
He now serves as a part of the Australian Army Reserves. He came to prominence in 2006:
Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, from early 2006, with the rank of lieutenant colonel;
As Colorado of Private Jacob Kovco, the first Australian soldier to die during the Iraq campaign (April 2006);
Commanding 3RAR during:
Operation Anode (Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, specifically the Australian response to riots following 2006 general election, April 2006);
Operation Astute responding to riots in East Timor (May–June 2006);
He was officially promoted to the rank of colonel in late 2013. Mumford is a former Chairman of the Military Christian Fellowship of Australia.
Mick Mumford completed a Masters of Divinity at Malyon College, Brisbane in 2013.
