Looking back from the perspective of the Second World War, historian Gavin Long noted that Chauvel's annual reports were "a series of wise and penetrating examinations of Australian military problems of which, however, little notice was taken".
Set tilbage med 2. verdenskrig som perspektiv bemærkede historikeren Gavin Long at Chauvels årlige rapporter var "en række kloge og gennemgribende gennemgange af det australske militærs problemer, som der imidlertid ikke blev taget megen notits af".