Harry Chauvel

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Harry Chauvel was an Australian general in the First World War, best known as a senior commander of the Australian Light Horse and the first Australian to attain the rank of lieutenant general.

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Harry Chauvel canonical 10
Sir Henry George Chauvel 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Australia ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Mentioned in dispatches ⓘ
battle Battle of Beersheba ⓘ
Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
commemoratedBy Chauvel House at the Royal Military College, Duntroon ⓘ
statue in King George Square, Brisbane ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second Boer War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1865-04-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1945-03-04 ⓘ
education Brisbane Grammar School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Australian ⓘ
familyName Chauvel ⓘ
father Charles Chauvel ⓘ
fullName Sir Henry George Chauvel ⓘ
linked to: Harry Chauvel
givenName Harry ⓘ
hasPartIn development of Australian mounted troops doctrine ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Australian Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
lieutenant general ⓘ
mother Susan Barnes ⓘ
notableFor being the first Australian to attain the rank of lieutenant general ⓘ
command of the Australian Light Horse ⓘ
placeOfBirth Tabulam, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
placeOfBurial St Jude's Church, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of the General Staff (Australia) ⓘ
Inspector General of the Australian Military Forces ⓘ
commander of the Desert Mounted Corps ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
serviceEnd 1929 ⓘ
serviceNumber Australian Imperial Force officer ⓘ
serviceStart 1886 ⓘ
spouse Sybil Hutton ⓘ

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Battle of Beersheba (1917) → commander → Harry Chauvel ⓘ
Battle of Romani → commander → Harry Chauvel ⓘ
Battle of Magdhaba → commander → Harry Chauvel ⓘ
Desert Mounted Corps → commander → Harry Chauvel ⓘ
Battle of Rafa → commander → Harry Chauvel ⓘ
Battle of Samakh → commandedBy → Harry Chauvel ⓘ
Harry Chauvel → fullName → Sir Henry George Chauvel ⓘ
linked to: Harry Chauvel
Desert Column → notableCommander → Harry Chauvel ⓘ
Capture of Aleppo (1918) → commander → Harry Chauvel ⓘ