(CDS) in 1987. He handed over as CGS to Major General Don McIver on 30 November and, promoted lieutenant general, succeeded Air Marshal David Crooks as CDS. Mace retired from the New Zealand Army in 1991, having been appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours. References |- 1932 births Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies Chiefs of Defence Force (New Zealand) Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley Living people New Zealand Companions of the Order of the Bath New Zealand generals New Zealand Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire New Zealand military personnel of the Malayan Emergency New Zealand military personnel of the Vietnam War People from Ashburton, New Zealand Royal Military College, Duntroon graduates People educated at Ashburton College People educated at Nelson College