Pompey Elliott
Updated to include a foreword by Les Carlyon, this comprehensive, rich biography of the great Australian general vividly examines Elliott's origins and youth, his peacetime careers as a lawyer and politician, and the achievements as well as the controversies that he aroused during his years as a soldier. Also highlighted are notable battles Elliott influenced, including the Gallipoli Landing, Lone Pine, Fromelles, Polygon Wood, and Villers-Bretonneux, and numerous aspects of Australia's...
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Updated to include a foreword by Les Carlyon, this comprehensive, rich biography of the great Australian general vividly examines Elliott's origins and youth, his peacetime careers as a lawyer and politician, and the achievements as well as the controversies that he aroused during his years as a soldier. Also highlighted are notable battles Elliott influenced, including the Gallipoli Landing, Lone Pine, Fromelles, Polygon Wood, and Villers-Bretonneux, and numerous aspects of Australia's history during his lifetime.
Maps/Charts of formations and commandersFormations in the military hierarchyAbbreviations in the text/ConversionsThe family treeIntroduction1'Awkward Bush Shyness': Straitened upbringing, 1878-189412'A Very Glutton for Work': Striving for glittering prizes, 1894-1900203'Your Brilliant Record': The Boer War, 1900-1902334'Utmost Energy and Concentrated Perseverance': Solicitor and militiaman, husband and father, 1903-August 1914555'He Knows How to Make Soldiers': Preparing the 7th Battalion, August 1914-April 1915786'Hardly Any Left of the Poor Old 7th Battalion': Initiation at Gallipoli, April-May 19151087'May I Never See Another War': Steele's Post and Lone Pine, June-August 19151358'Great and Fearful Responsibility': Evacuation and elevation, September 1915-June 19161679'The Slaughter Was Dreadful': The battle of Fromelles, June-July 191619910'I Really Cannot Imagine How They Live Through It': Winter at the Somme, August 1916-March 191723611'Simply Paralysing the Old Boche': Pursuit to the Hindenburg Line, March 191726512'Too Weary and Worn for Words': Bullecourt and a well-earned rest, April-August 191728213'I Would Have Gladly Welcomed a Shell to End Me': The battle of Polygon Wood, September-November 191730014'Terribly Depressed and Pessimistic': Another gloomy winter, November 1917-March 191834715'Never So Proud of Being an Australian': Resisting the German onslaught, March-April 191836016'The Most Brilliant Feat of Arms in the War': The battle of Villers-Bretonneux, April 191838517'A Profound Sense of Injustice': The supersession grievance, May 191842418'As Usual My Boys Were ... Just Splendid': Relentless offensive, June-November 191845419'Very Sad About Everything': Painful adjustment to peace, November 1918-June 191949620'No Obligation at All to the National Party': Into parliament, June 1919-July 192051121'A Special Desk in This Chamber' for the War Historian: Period of 'Elliott's Exuberance,' July 1920-192153722'Finest and Most Authoritative Advocate' for Returned Soldiers: The aftermath of war, 1921-192556523'We Feel It Was Long Overdue': Major-General at last, 1925-192960524'The Injustice ... Has Actually Colored All My Post War Life': Disintegration, 1929-March 193162925'Thousands of Diggers Will Truly Mourn for Pompey': Afterwards, March 1931-656Select Bibliography669Notes675Acknowledgments699Index701
