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General Sir Harry Chauvel GCMG, KCB (1865-1945) was both the first Australian to become a Lieutenant-General and lead a corps, and the first Australian to attain the rank of General. During the Boer War he commanded a company of the Queensland Mounted Infantry and afterwards played a prominent role in the establishment of a new Australian army.
And he did. That was his thing – ‘I’m a Light Horseman.’”. He served in three wars over half a century, led the army during peacetime, and was the first Australian to attain the rank of general, but Sir Harry Chauvel never forgot that he was a Light Horseman. When he retired from the army in 1930, he had one simple request: to ride ...
Sir Harry Chauvel (1923) Sir Henry George (Harry) Chauvel GCMG KCB (* 16. April 1865 in Tabulam, New South Wales; † 4. März 1945 in Melbourne) war ein australischer General. Leben. Chauvel arbeitete nach dem Besuch der Schule in Sydney und Toowoomba auf der Rinderfarm seines Vaters am Clarence River.
A plaque commemorates Sir Harry Chauvel, commander of the Desert Mounted Corps during World War One and lay canon of the cathedral. General Sir Henry George Chauvel, GCMG,KCB (16 April 1865 – 4 March 1945), 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 ...
"Sir Harry Chauvel" published on by null. (16 April 1865–4 March 1945).Born in Tabulam, New South Wales, the second son of a grazier and cattle-breeder, Chauvel was educated at Sydney Grammar School and Toowoomba Grammar.
Harry Chauvel was born on April 16, 1865 in Tabulam, New South Wales and educated at Sydney Grammar and Toowoomba Grammar schools. His father had served in the British army and began his own unit, the Upper Clarence Light Horse, which Harry joined. He managed his father’s cattle properties and became an excellent horseman.
Chauvel returned to Australia in early 1919 and was appointed Inspector-General then Chief of the General Staff, Australia’s top soldier. In June 1919 his knighthood was upgraded to Knight Grand Cross of the Order St Michael and St George GCMG. In 1929 he was promoted General, the first Australian to that rank. He retired in 1930 age 65.
