Harry Chauvel
Australian army officer (1865-1945) · Australia · On the map · Died at 79
General Sir Henry George 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.
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Officers of the Queensland Mounted Infantry. Chauvel is squatting in the front row, second from the right, holding a rifle.
Lieutenant Colonel H. G. Chauvel, 31 May 1902
Alexander Godley (centre) confers with fellow generals Harry Chauvel (left) and William Birdwood, Gallipoli, 1915.
Brigadier General H. G. Chauvel outside his headquarters at Monash Valley
Mounted troops of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade with the Egyptian town of Magdhaba in the distance, 23 December 1916
Lieutenant General Sir Harry Chauvel with his Desert Mounted Corps Headquarters staff, in front of his HQ building, now Rehovot, Israel; photo by Frank Hurley
Entry to "New Deiran", the Jewish colony Rehovot, through the village of Zernukah; photo by Frank HurleyAwards
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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.