Instead another Australian officer was nominated to make the trip, and Jones avoided the disaster which followed.
It is also agreed among the Australian officers who get to know him that he is just the sort to attempt it.
Incredibly the Australian officers in command didn't abort the attack.
A number of Australian officers later questioned the caution with which it had been conducted.
The College has held an esteemed position in the training of Australian officers for war and peace time service over the past hundred years.
It was also considered appropriate to appoint Australian officers to all senior command positions.
Holmes was the most senior Australian officer killed in action on the Western Front.
Four Australian naval officers commanded the multinational force at various times during the course of the operation.
An Australian officer intervened and persuaded the American commander to take his men away from the area.
He said that Australian officers had been present at some of these occasions.