Desert Mounted Corps

After the second Battle of Gaza, 17/19 April 1917, he was given command of the Desert Column thereby becoming the first Australian ever to lead a Corps. 

In June Chauvel was given command of the new Desert Mounted Corps (3 Divisions). He became the first Aussie ever to become a Lieutenant General.

After his successful Charge at Beersheba his Corps drove the Turks up the Plain of Philistia past Jaffa and opened the way for the capture of Jerusalem.

• In the re-organisation in the spring of 1918 a fourth Division was added to the Desert Mounted Corps. It now consisted of
  • Anzac Mounted Division
  • Australian Mounted Division
  • 4th (British) Cavalry Division
  • 5th (British) Cavalry Division

• General Chauvel riding at the head of the Desert Mounted Corps during the official entry of the Allied forces into the town.