Harry Lassetter

Henry Beauchamp Lassetter
Born	(1860-03-19)19 March 1860 Edgecliff, New South Wales
Died	17 February 1926(1926-02-17) (aged 65) Potts Point, New South Wales
Allegiance	Commonwealth of Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1880–1924
Rank	Brigadier-General
Unit	38th Regiment (1880–1881) 80th Regiment (1881–1888) Mounted Rifle Brigade (1888–1901)
Commands held	New South Wales Mounted Rifles (1901–1915) Territorial brigade (1915–1924)
Battles/wars	Boer War World War I
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Brigadier-General Henry Beauchamp "Harry" Lassetter CB, CMG (19 March 1860 – 17 February 1926) was an Australian military officer.

Early life

Lassetter, the son of Frederic Lassetter, a prominent merchant, was born at Edgecliff, a suburb of Sydney. Educated in England, he attended Cheltenham College, Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.^[1]

Military career

In 1880 Lassetter was a second lieutenant in the 38th Regiment, becoming lieutenant in the 80th Regiment in 1881. He was involved in an expedition to the Nile in 1884 and was promoted captain in 1887 and major in 1888, when he trained the Mounted Rifle Brigade.^[1] Lassetter was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1895, and led the Australian detachment at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. He later commanded the New South Wales Mounted Rifles in the Boer War (1901–02). During the war, he was mentioned in despatches and created Companion of the Order of the Bath. In 1911 he became managing director of his father's firm, but he remained primarily involved in the military and took command of a territorial brigade in England in 1915, where he was promoted brigadier-general and created Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (1917).

Later life

In 1924 Lassetter returned to Sydney where he died two years later. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, whom he had married in 1891, and a son.^[1]

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