Australian Military Units

Brigadier General George Macleay Macarthur-Onslow

Date of birth	1875-05-02	Camden, NSW
Date commissioned	1895-04-05	Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
Date promoted	1896	Promoted to lieutenant.
Other	1903	Became a lieutenant in the 2nd Light Horse.
Date promoted	1911	Promoted to captain.
Date promoted	1914-02-16	Promoted to major, commanding the 9th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units	1914-08	Designated commander of the 1st Light Horse Regiment.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1914-11-01	Appointed to the AIF again, as deputy commander of the 7th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units	1915-08-18 - 1918-09-02	Commanding Officer of the 7th Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted	1915-11-22	Promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Other	1915-12-17	Organised the cricket match at Shell Green.
Date of honour or award	1916-08	Mention in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Date wounded	1916-08-05	Severely wounded at Katia and evacuated.
Other units	1918-05-01 - 1918-08-01	Acting commander of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade.
Other units	1918-09-03	Took command of the newly formed 5th Light Horse Brigade with the temporary rank of brigadier general.
Other	1919-01	Evacuated with typhoid.
Date of honour or award	1919-05	For his service in Palestine, he was twice Mentioned in Despatches and appointed a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG).
Date returned to Australia	1919-05
Other	1920	After the was, he was elected councillor for Wolindilly Shire, alderman of Camden City Council and mayor of Camden.
Other	1920 - 1923	Aide de Camp to the Governor General.
Other	1927 - 1931	Commanded the 1st Cavalry Division.
Date of death	1931-09-12	Camden, NSW