Brigadier General William Grant

Places	Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Beersheba Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Officer
Accession Number	ART02770
Collection type	Art
Measurement	sheet: 35.3 x 24.6 cm (irreg.); image: 32.4 x 18.2 cm
Object type	Work on paper
Physical description	pencil on wove paper
Maker	Lambert, George
Place made	Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Belah
Date made	March 1918
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Profile portrait of Brigadier General William Grant, C.M.G., D.S.O. He served at Gallipoli and then in Sinai in command of the 11th Light Horse Regiment. In August 1917 he took command of the 4th Brigade and commanded the famous charge of Beersheba, (see Catalogue No. AWM 2811). In 1918 he was temporarily in command of the entire Anzac Mounted Division. He was known for his fairness, reliability and attention to all aspects of his command. After the war he continued his occupation as a pastoralist on the Darling Downs. In March 1918, Lambert was received by Brigadier-General William Grant at Belah. Lambert wrote: 'I proceeded with Major Stoddart by rail to Belah, where I was most cordially received and entertained by General Grant.' (Lambert 1938, p.90)