WAR HERO DEAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 7

WAR HERO DEAD.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL ELLIOTT.

MELBOURNE, March 23.

Brigadier-General H. E. Elliott died to-day, aged 53. He was one of the Victorian members of the Senate. Deceased was one of the most popular officers of the Australian Infantry Force. He commanded the Australian troops at the landing on Gallipoli.

Brigadier-General Elliott, familiarly known as "Pompey," was, Perhaps, as well liked as any member ol the Auslla an forces in the Great War He wu extraordinarily brave, .and -uWventure positions for the mere love of danger for its own sake. In spite of forma) orders forbidding officers to expose themselves needlessly, bis refusal to take precautions greatly endeared him to ithe men of his .command, who found inspiration comfort in "hie

example. General Elliott

Tvas born in Vic-

toria in 1878. He was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1907 and practised as a solicitor. .tie Sved in the South African War, Wμ mentioned in dispatches, and awarded the DC M In the Great War he was twice mounded, and seven times mentioned in dispatches, winning the £.8.0. ? e -^ as cent to the Senate for .\ictora in. 1919> aiid-aeMft-in; 1925.