Major General Richard Gary Wilson, AO (born 16 January 1955) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army.

This was followed by an appointment as the Army representative on the Writing Team for the 1994 Defence White Paper 'Defending Australia'.

[3] Wilson served with the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor as commander of the Peacekeeping Forces in Sector West from July 2001 until March 2002.

[4] His overseas experience also includes two three-month tours of duty in Malaysia with Rifle Company Butterworth (1978 & 1988) and an exchange posting with the United States Army's 7th Infantry Division (Light) (1991–92) which included training deployments to Honduras, Panama and Colombia.

[5] Wilson succeeded Major General Mick Slater as Chair of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority on 1 September 2011.