General officer's gold braid aiguillette : General Sir Harry Chauvel

Decorative shoulder cords of plaited round gold cord with crimson silk or cotton thread incorporated into the cord. Some sections of cord are plaited together and loops are formed with single sections of cord. The plaits and cords, front and back are joined together with a rectangle of scarlet wool backed with red leather with a buttonhole in the centre for attachment to epaulette on right shoulder. Two sections of single gold cord are decorated with spirals of the same cord and the ends finished with gold netted caps and decorative gilt points. Just above this where two plaited sections are stitched together is a loop of gold Russia braid which is attaches to the top button of the tunic.

Aiguillette worn on right shoulder with full dress tunic in England during General Sir Harry Chauvel's visit to London in 1937 as leader of the Australian contingent at the coronation of King George VI. Tunic would also have been worn with aiguillette, sword, sword belt, medals, sash and decorations. Born in 1865, Harry Chauvel served in the Boer War as a Major in the Queensland Mounted Infantry. He later assisted in the establishment of the Royal Military College, Duntroon. In 1914 he commanded the 1st Light Horse Brigade. After serving at Gallipoli, Chauvel led the Light Horse across the Sinai and received his knighthood after the battles of Magdhaba and Rafa in December 1916 and Janaury 1917. Chauvel was the first Australian to command a corps and in 1917 and 1918 his Desert Mounted Corps assisted the British army in driving the Turks from Palestine. Chauvel was chief of the Australian general staff from 1923 to 1930 and in 1929 was the first Australian to become a full general. He retired from the army in 1930. In 1940, aged 75, he was recalled to duty and appointed Inspector-General of the Volunteer Defence Corps. He died in 1945.