Major General The Honourable Richard Tracey AM, RFD, QC
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
In office 24 July 2006 – 17 August 2018
6th Judge Advocate General
In office 26 September 2007 – 29 July 2014
Preceded by	Len Roberts-Smith
Succeeded by	Michael Slattery
Personal details
Born	Richard Ross Sinclair Tracey (1948-08-18)18 August 1948 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	11 October 2019(2019-10-11) (aged 71) California, United States
Education	Melbourne High School Newman College (University of Melbourne) University of Illinois
Profession	Judge, barrister
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Australian Army
Years of service	1975–2014
Rank	Major General
Unit	Australian Army Legal Corps
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia Reserve Force Decoration

Richard Ross Sinclair Tracey AM, RFD, QC (18 August 1948 – 11 October 2019) was an Australian military and civil judge and barrister, who was Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force from 2007 to 2014, and a judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 2006 to 2018. Following his retirement from the Federal Court, Tracey was appointed as a commissioner of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, however he died of cancer before the commission provided its interim report. ^[1]

In the 2014 Australia Day Honours Tracey was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "exceptional service in the field of military law, as a consultant for the Director of Army Legal Services, and as Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force". ^[2]

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