Chauvel, Sir Henry George (Harry) (1865–1945)
Henry Chauvel, by James Quinn, 1919
Australian War Memorial, ART03340
Biographical Entries
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Chauvel, Sybil Campbell (wife)
- Mitchell, Sibyl Elyne (daughter)
- Mitchell, Thomas Walter (son-in-law)
- Chauvel, Fanny Ada (mother)
- Chauvel, Charles Henry (father)
- Keith-Jopp, Bertha Matilda (mother-in-law)
- Connor, Adelaide (aunt by marriage)
- White, Cyril Brudenell (colleague)
- Hutton, Edward Thomas Henry (senior officer)
- Bridges, William Throsby (senior officer)
- Birdwood, William Riddell (senior officer)
- Cox, Charles Frederick (subordinate officer)
- Wilson, Lachlan Chisholm (subordinate officer)
- Stansfield, William (subordinate officer)
- Elliott, Harold Edward (subordinate officer)
- Downes, Rupert Major (subordinate officer)
Henry Chauvel, by James Quinn, 1919
Australian War Memorial, ART03340
Life Summary [details]
Birth
16 April,
1865
Tabulam,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
4 March,
1945
(aged 79)
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education
Occupation or Descriptor
Military Service
- Boer War
- 1st Battle of Gaza (1917)
- 2nd Battle of Gaza, 1917
- Battle of Beersheba, 1917
- Battle of Megiddo (1918)
- Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16
- Upper Clarence Light Horse
- Queensland Mounted Infantry
- Queensland Permanent Military Forces
- 1st Light Horse Brigade
Awards
- Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France)
- Order of the Nile
- Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George