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Lancelot Eldin "Lance" de Mole〔Although in some records, and in some newspaper accounts, his family name, de Mole, might appear in the form of De Mole, deMole, Demole, or DeMole, both Lance and his brother Clive ''always'' signed their family name as "de Mole": see the signatures throughout their respective Service Records.〕 CBE, (13 March 1880 – 6 May 1950) was an Australian engineer and inventor.〔Australian Dictionary of Biography.〕 He made several approaches to the British authorities in 1912, in 1914 and 1916, in relation to what would become the tank. It was, obviously, ahead of its time; because, in 1912, the need for such a military device had not yet arisen. And, to further complicate matters, due to various bureaucratic blunders, his correspondence was set aside, and not given to the appropriate officers. Eventually, in 1919, long after the military tank had been built and used in warfare during World War I, a Royal Commission recognized the importance of de Mole's innovative work, and noted the unfortunate consequences of his submissions being overlooked and, therefore, having no connection with the development of the tank at all, that a far better tank would have been developed than the one that the British eventually used, and that it would have been developed at a much earlier date. ==Life== The eldest of the five children- three girls and two boys: Lance, Florence Louise de Mole (1881–1966) (later Mrs. Feldtmann),〔(Perth Prattle: Matrimonial, ''The (Perth) Sunday Times'', (Sunday, 20 August 1911), p.26. )〕 Winifred Emily de Mole (1886–1903),〔(Special Notice: Deaths: De Mole, ''The (Adelaide) Register, (Saturday 21 March 1903), p.4. )〕 Clive Moulden de Mole (1886–1934),〔(Family Notices: Deaths: de Mole, ''The West Australian'', (Thursday, 22 March 1934), p.1. )〕 and Gladys Rose de Mole (1887–1979) — of William Frederick de Mole (1852-1939), an architect and surveyor, and Emily de Mole (1858-1941), née Moulden, Lance de Mole was a South Australian born in Adelaide the capital of the state on 13 March 1880. Eventually, his family moved to the neighbouring state of Victoria. He was subsequently educated at the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School until 1891, and then the Berwick Grammar School. After leaving school he trained as an engineering draftsman. He married Harriet Josephine Walter (1890-1957) on 21 July 1915. His younger brother Clive Moulden de Mole (1886–1934) enlisted in the First AIF on 9 September 1914, and Private Clive de Mole was given service number 2518. He was wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound and a fracture to his left arm, in the Dardanelles on 28 June 1915. He was invalided back to Australia in March 1916. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant (no longer requiring a service number) on 1 January 1919, and to Lieutenant on 1 April 1919. He was discharged from the AIF in the U.K. in September 1919.〔(National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Clive Moulden de Mole (7478). )〕 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「Lancelot de Mole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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