Chauvel of the Light Horse. A biography of General Sir Harry Chauvel G.C.M.G. K.C.B.

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Melbourne U.P. 1978. Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. (xx 266pp.). With col. portr. 24 full-page plates 20 maps and endpaper maps. 1st ed. NOTE: Harry George Chauvel (1865-1945) was an Australian soldier who served with the Queensland Mounted Infantry in the early part of the Boer War. During the First World War after serving at Gallipoli he played a major part in the Palestine campaign 1917 to 1918 first as commander of the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division then in command of the Desert Mounted Corps.