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Marcel Aurousseau BSc (Syd.) MC ''C. de G.'' (19 April 1891, Woollahra, Sydney – 22 August 1983, Sydney) was an Australian geographer, geologist, war hero, historian and translator.〔(''Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'', 2004, "Aurousseau, Marcel" ) (4 September 2015).〕〔( G. J. McCarthy 2009, "Aurousseau, Marcel (1891-1983)" , ''Australian Encyclopedia of Science'' ) (4 September 2015).〕 Aurousseau, who was of French and Irish descent, attended Sydney Boys High School alongside three students who were also later prominent in various fields: Arthur Wheen (a historian and translator), Raymond Kershaw (an economist) and Arthur McLaughlin (a medical practitioner).〔John Ramsland, 2015, ''The Other Side of No Man’s Land: Arthur Wheen World War I Hero'', Melbourne, Brolga Publishing, p. 310.〕 He began his scientific career as an "office boy" at the Australian Museum in Sydney.〔 While completing the Bachelor of Science course at the University of Sydney, Aurousseau won the ''University Medal in Geology''. In 1913, he was appointed to the position of assistant lecturer at the newly formed geology department of the University of Western Australia (UWA), in Perth. == Army service == Following the outbreak of World War I, Aurousseau obtained leave from UWA, to join the Australian Imperial Force. He was assigned initially to the 28th Battalion (1915), before joining the 51st Battalion on the Western Front.〔(University of Sydney, 2015, ''Marcel Aurousseau: Book of Remembrance Entry'' ) (4 September 2015).〕 Aurousseau first saw action in France at the battles of Fleurbaix (Fromelles), the Pozières and the Mouquet Farm (14–15 August 1916), which resulted in him being severely wounded.〔 He was subsequently awarded the Military Cross. Promoted to Captain, Aurousseau also served at the Battle of Messines, the Third Battle of Ypres (Polygon Wood), the First Battle of Dernancourt (part of the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux), and was wounded again at Hourges, during the Battle of Amiens, in August 1918.〔 As a result of his war service, Aurousseau was also awarded the French ''Croix de Guerre'' (1919).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcel Aurousseau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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