Major General Ronald Ramsay McNicoll CBE, AM (15 September 1906 – 18 September 1996) was an Australian Army general who served in the Royal Australian Engineers. The son of Walter McNicoll and elder brother of Alan McNicoll, he was born in Melbourne and completed his schooling at Scots College before taking up an appointment as a staff cadet at the Royal Military College, Duntroon. After graduating from Duntroon in 1926, he was granted the rank of lieutenant in the engineers and undertook a civilian engineering degree. During the Second World War, McNicoll saw active service in the Middle East and in Europe, including a period on exchange with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, helping to plan the D-Day landings. He was Mentioned in Despatches as a major of engineers whil