George Lee (Australian general) dating history

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Lieutenant General George Leonard Lee, (25 June 1860 – 13 April 1939) was a senior officer in the early Australian Military Forces. While working as a storekeeper, Lee joined the New South Wales Lancers in 1889. He was commissioned into the New South Wales Permanent Forces in 1892, was commandant of the Cavalry School of Instruction from 1895 to 1897, and commanded a contingent from the New South Wales Lancers in South Africa during the Second Boer War. He led the Lancers in some 30 engagements between January and October 1900 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Mentioned in Despatches for his leadership. Shortly after his return to Australia, Lee joined the Australian Military Forces following the Federation of Australia and, over the next decade, served in increasingly senior positions in the Administrative and Instructional Staff. He was commandant of military forces in the states of Tasmania (1911–1912), Queensland (1912–1917) and New South Wales (1917–1920), before retiring as an honorary lieutenant general in 1920. Lee then managed two oyster leases in Port Stephens and died in Sydney in 1939, aged 78.