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Ernest William Latchford MBE MC (1889–1962) was a distinguished Australian army officer with the rank of colonel, who served in World War I, on the Western Front, North West Persia, and uniquely for an Australian, also in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. He later went on to be train two further generations of Australian military leaders as Chief Instructor and later, Commanding Officer of the Australian Small Arms School. He was awarded the Military Cross for his leadership during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 and later, became a Member of the British Empire (MBE). Latchford Barracks, outside Albury, NSW, is named in recognition of his service to the Australian military.