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Ross McMullin is a historian and biographer whose main interests are Australian history, politics, and sport. Ross will be giving a talk on Major General Harold Edward "Pompey" Elliott CB CMG DSO DCM VD. Elliot saw service at Gallipoli and the Western Front - Fromelles, Polygon Wood, Villers-Bretonneux, Peronne, and the Hindenberg Line. After the war he became a senator. Suffering enormously from the effects of the war, he took his own life in 1931. McMullin has written on a number of historical themes, including a biography of Elliot. Download the flyer here. (Pdf 253KB) |