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ENewsletter Special Edition No 52 K 28th July 2021
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Welcome to Special Airburst No 52K 28th July 2021


The RAAHC is pleased to bring to you stories of Gunners of Renown during the commemoration of 150 Years of Australian Artillery. We hope you enjoy learning something about the gunners that helped create the Regiment that we all cherish.

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Major General Sir Charles ROSENTHAL, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD (1875-1954)



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Major General Sir Charles ROSENTHAL, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD

(1875-1954)






MAJ GEN Sir Charles Rosenthal

His story can be  viewed by CLICKING HERE

The German counterattack at Lagnicourt on 15 April 1917 found the Australian artillery well forward and some guns of the 1st Division Artillery were overrun
A court of enquiry into the temporary loss of the guns (all having been recaptured before they could be destroyed) was ordered. Rosenthal felt that the whole thing was ludicrous, concluding that "the day has surely gone by when the possible loss of a gun or guns is considered so serious as to curtail the usefulness of the artillery." No disciplinary action was ever taken against anyone.




Below: Major-General Sir Charles Rosenthal being awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' decoration by Governor-General Lord Foster, Victoria Barracks, Sydney, June 4, 1924.
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