Harry Chauvel

General Sir Henry George Chauvel, was a senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force who fought at Gallipoli and during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of the First World War. He was the first Australian to attain the rank of lieutenant general and later general, and the first to lead a corps. As commander of the Desert Mounted Corps, he was responsible for one of the most decisive victories and fastest pursuits in military history.

16 April 1865

Born on the same birth day (16 April): Anya Taylor-Joy • Barry Nelson • Gert Potgieter (athlete) • Hans Auer • John Harvey-Jones • Luol Deng • Madanjeet Singh • Margot Adler • Mike Zuke • Mirai Nagasu • Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet

Born in the same month (April 1865): Akseli Gallen-Kallela • Alfred Hoare Powell • Aliagha Shikhlinski • Charles Proteus Steinmetz • Charles W. Woodworth • Erich Ludendorff • Jack Miner • Max Nettlau • Richard Adolf Zsigmondy • Ursula Ledóchowska