Brigadier General Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, VD

Date of birth	1878-06-19	West Charlton, VIC.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1898	Enlisted as a private in a squadron of the 4th Victorian Contingent, the Imperial Bushmen.
Date of honour or award	1900	Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for his particpation in an attack on a Boer force which resulted in the capture of 33 men and 54 horses.
Date commissioned	1900	Obtained a commission as a lieutenant in the 2nd Berkshire, but chose to remain with the Australians.
Other	1900-05	Arrived in South Africa and promoted to corporal.
Date returned to Australia	1901-07
Other	1901-08	Sailed again for South Africa and joined the Border Scouts.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1904-03	Enlisted in the 5th Australian Infantry Regiment and commissioned as a lieutenant.
Date promoted	1911	Appointed major and second in command of the Regiment.
Date promoted	1913-07-01	Appointed lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the 58th Battalion, Essendon Rifles.
Other	1914-08	Selected to command the 7th Battalion when the AIF was formed.
Date promoted	1915-03-01	Appointed to brigadier general and given the task of organising the 15th Brigade.
Date wounded	1915-05-25	Wounded in the ankle at Gallipoli and evacuated.
Other	1915-06-02	Returned to the 7th Battalion.
Other	1915-08	Evacuated to England with pleurisy.
Other	1915-11-22	Returned to the 7th Battalion.
Other	1915-12-18	Evacuated from Gallipoli with a sprained ankle.
Other units	1916-01-24	Appointed to command the 1st Brigade.
Date promoted	1916-03	Appointed Brigadier General and commanding officer of 15th Brigade.
Date of honour or award	1917-01-01	Gazetted Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG).
Date of honour or award	1917-02-15	Gazetted Russian Order of St Anne - 3rd Class.
Date of honour or award	1917-03	Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).
Date of honour or award	1918-06-03	Gazetted a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
Date of honour or award	1919-01-07	Gazetted French Croix de Guerre.
Date returned to Australia	1919-05-05
Other	1919-09	Reappointed to command the 15th Militia Brigade.
Other	1921	Requested to be placed on the unattached list.
Other	1926	Again reappointed to command the 15th Brigade.
Date promoted	1927-08	Promoted to major general and appointed to command the 3rd Division.
Date of death	1931-03-23	Died from a wound to the arm, an inquest returning a verdict of suicide.