Facts:   - death place: isle of capri , queensland , australia    - alt: head wearing a green uniform and slouch hat , standing side and on to the camera and looking past it . shoulders photograph of a middle-aged caucasian man    - branch: australian army    - caption: graham commander 1 atf in south vietnam , 1967 . , then a brigadier , while serving as    - battles: second world war occupation of japan vietnam war    - death date: 20 july 1996    - allegiance: australia    - commands: 2nd task force 1st australian task force northern command 1st division battalion , australian regiment 1st armoured regiment 6th      - awards: officer officer of the order of the british empire military cross of the order of australia distinguished service order    - birth date: 23 october 1920    - serviceyears: 1938 -- 77    - name: stuart clarence graham    - image size: 220px    - image: brigadier png stuart graham 1967 -lrb- awm ekt670041vn -rrb- .    - birth place: ulmarra , new south wales , australia    - rank: major general   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stuart clarence graham .
major general stuart clarence graham ao , dso , obe , mc -lrb- 23 october 1920 -- 20 july 1996 -rrb- was a senior officer in the australian army , seeing service during the second world war , the occupation of japan and the vietnam war .born in 1920 , he graduated from the royal military college , duntroon in 1940 .graham subsequently held a series of regimental and staff appointments , serving in a number of infantry and armoured units during the second world war .in the post-war period he served in the british commonwealth occupation force in japan , and held a number of staff and command positions in the armoured corps .in the late 1950s he was posted to army headquarters , and later served as director of military intelligence .commanding the 1st australian task force -lrb- 1 atf -rrb- during fighting in south vietnam during 1967 , he was responsible for establishing the controversial barrier minefield from dat do to the coast .later , graham filled a range of senior command , staff and diplomatic roles in australia and overseas , including the position of deputy chief of the general staff -lrb- dcgs -rrb- , before retiring in 1977 .he died in 1996 .