Chauvel of the Light Horse
A Biography of General Sir Harry Chauvel, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.
$54.99
- Paperback
310 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1978
Summary
Even today the picture of the Light Horseman, emu plumes in his hat, sabre drawn and charger at full gallop, stirs Australian blood. Sir Harry Chauvel was the leader and the greatest of them. The Imperial government acknowledged his stature in World War I when it placed its own formations under his command. The brilliant victories at Gaza, Beersheba and Damascus were his, and thus a great part of the Allied victory over Turkey. Chauvel was the first Australian to command a corps, and the firs…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522873276 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522873278 |
| Author: | A.J. Hill |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 310 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1978 |
| Weight: | 542g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 163mm x 235mm |
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A.J. Hill
A. J. Hill was educated at Sydney Grammar School, the University of Sydney and Ballot College, Oxford. He was commissioned in the C.M.F. in 1936. He served in World War II in the Middle East (at the Defence of Tobruk, and El Alamein), New Guinea and Borneo. After the war he taught history and geography at Sydney Grammar School, later becoming senior history master. He was a senior lecturer in the faculty of military studies at the Royal Military College, Duntroon.
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