ELLIOTT, HAROLD EDWARD
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ELLIOTT
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HAROLD EDWARD
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H.E.
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Male
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1898
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1898
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ELLIOTT, HAROLD EDWARD. 1898.
Ballarat Coll.; Ormond; B.A., LL.M.; Exhibition in Contracts and Property 1904, Final Honours Scholarship in Law 1905, Suprem e Court Prize 1906; Univ. champion in weight-putting and hammer-throwing 1905. Served in South African War, winning D.C.M. 1.3.01, Queen's Medal and four clasps, King's Medal and two clasps.
Lieut.-Col. commanding 7th Btn. 17.8.14; transf. to command 1st Bde. 15.2.16; to command 15th Bde. 1.3.16 as Colonel, T/Brig.-General. Landed in Egypt 6.12.14; Canal operations during first Turkish invasion February 1915; Anzac landing 25.4.15; wounded, rejoined btn. 4.6.15; Lone Pine; evacuation; invalided 29.8.15; rejoined November 1915; injured 20.12.15; rejoined 11.1.16; wounded 9.8.15, remained on duty. Embarked for France June 1916; Fleurbaix; Somme; commanded Advance Guard Aus. Corps during first German retreat March 19171 and work specially commended; second battle of Bullecourt May 1917; Polygon Wood; Passchendaele; Messines; Hamel; Villers Bretonneux, and Ville sur Ancre; Amiens 8th-9th August 1918; St. Quentin; Bellicourt. C.M.G. December 1916; Cross of St. Anne of Russia, with swords; D.S.O. 18.7.17; Brevet Colonel for specially meritorious work 24.9.17; C.B. 3.6.18; C. de G.. Despatches six times (thrice specially). Returned 28.6.19. Appointment terminated 29.8.19.
Ballarat Coll.; Ormond; B.A., LL.M.; Exhibition in Contracts and Property 1904, Final Honours Scholarship in Law 1905, Suprem e Court Prize 1906; Univ. champion in weight-putting and hammer-throwing 1905. Served in South African War, winning D.C.M. 1.3.01, Queen's Medal and four clasps, King's Medal and two clasps.
Lieut.-Col. commanding 7th Btn. 17.8.14; transf. to command 1st Bde. 15.2.16; to command 15th Bde. 1.3.16 as Colonel, T/Brig.-General. Landed in Egypt 6.12.14; Canal operations during first Turkish invasion February 1915; Anzac landing 25.4.15; wounded, rejoined btn. 4.6.15; Lone Pine; evacuation; invalided 29.8.15; rejoined November 1915; injured 20.12.15; rejoined 11.1.16; wounded 9.8.15, remained on duty. Embarked for France June 1916; Fleurbaix; Somme; commanded Advance Guard Aus. Corps during first German retreat March 19171 and work specially commended; second battle of Bullecourt May 1917; Polygon Wood; Passchendaele; Messines; Hamel; Villers Bretonneux, and Ville sur Ancre; Amiens 8th-9th August 1918; St. Quentin; Bellicourt. C.M.G. December 1916; Cross of St. Anne of Russia, with swords; D.S.O. 18.7.17; Brevet Colonel for specially meritorious work 24.9.17; C.B. 3.6.18; C. de G.. Despatches six times (thrice specially). Returned 28.6.19. Appointment terminated 29.8.19.
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1898
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6104
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