Brigadier General George Macleay Macarthur-Onslow

Ranks Held Brigadier General, Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 02/05/1875
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Camden
Death Date 12/09/1931
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Camden
Final Rank Brigadier General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 5th Australian Light Horse Brigade
  • 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Place Camden
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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    Horses being watered from wells in Katia Hod. Colonel Onslow is studying map while sitting on a ...

    The outer wall of the ruined Temple of Bacchus. Brigadier General G M M Onslow, Commanding ...

    An informal group portrait of some of the 7th Light Horse Regiment officers, taken with the ...

    Group portrait of some of the original and 1st Reinforcement officers of the 7th Light Horse ...

    Outdoors group portrait of Brigadier General G M Macarthur Onslow, Commander of the 5th ...

    A game of cricket was played on Shell Green in an attempt to distract the Turks from the imminent ...

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

Timeline

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

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