Harry Chauvel
Military Person
1865 – 1945
Who was Harry Chauvel?
General Sir Henry George Chauvel, GCMG, KCB, more usually known as Sir Harry Chauvel, was a senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force who fought at Gallipoli and during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of the First World War. He was the first Australian to attain the rank of lieutenant general and later general, and the first to lead a corps. As commander of the Desert Mounted Corps, he was responsible for one of the most decisive victories and fastest pursuits in military history.
The son of a grazier, Chauvel was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Upper Clarence Light Horse, a unit organised by his father, in 1886. After the family moved to Queensland he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Queensland Mounted Infantry in 1890, and saw service during the 1891 Australian shearers' strike. He became a regular officer in 1896, and went to the United Kingdom as part of the Queensland contingent for the 1897 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. In 1899 he commanded one of two companies of Queensland Mounted Infantry that were Queensland's initial contribution to the Boer War. After the war, he was closely involved with the training of the Australian Light Horse.
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- Born
- Apr 16, 1865
Tabulam - Also known as
- General Sir Henry George Chauvel, GCMG, KCB
- Sir Harry Chauvel
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Sibyl Jopp
(1906/06/16 - )
- Sibyl Jopp
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Sydney Grammar School
- Died
- Mar 4, 1945
Melbourne
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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