Honouring the memory of Chauvel and his achievements together with his qualities of integrity, independence, resourcefulness, thoroughness and generosity of spirit. We seek to inspire future generations of Australians.
The Chauvel Forewords
As A.J. Hill, Sir Harry’s biographer noted, he “wrote no book, he had a contempt for showmanship and, as a field commander, gave too little thought to what is now called public relations; it could have been said of him as Kipling said of Lord Roberts ‘….he does not advertise’” (Chauvel of the Light Horse, 1987, p.xx). But he did write something about many units of the light horse and the men who served in them. At the conclusion of the war, Sir Harry was approached by a number of Light Horse units to write the Forewords to their histories.
These Forewords are gathered together here for the first time to illustrate the admiration and affection he had for the Light Horse units and those who served within them – those who were so instrumental in his operations in that theatre of the war. The benefit of the World Wide Web provides us with the opportunity to link some parts of Sir Harry’s texts to visuals of some of the people and the things to which he refers.
Access the Forewords:
With the Cameliers in Palestine
The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine