BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES
Abbreviations Used
ADB Australian Dictionary of Biography (with appropriate volume number)
ADMS Assistant Director of Medical Services
AWM Australian War Memorial, Canberra
BC Belle Campbell
Bde Brigade
Bn Battalion
BR Battle Report (in AWM 4)
Coy Company
CPD Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates
D Diary
Div Division
ECT East Charlton Tribune (from 1927 known as Charlton Tribune)
EP Elliott papers, AWM
EP (SLV) Elliott papers, SLV
fn footnote
15 BD 15 Brigade Diary, AWM 4
GM Geoff McCrae (thereby distinguishing references to him from citations mentioning his father, George McCrae)
HE Harold Elliott
HE D Harold Elliott Diary
HE to BC Harold Elliott to Belle Campbell
HE to KE Harold Elliott to Kate Elliott
inf information (provided to Ross McMullin by … )
IWM Imperial War Museum
JT John Treloar
KE Kate Elliott
McCP McCrae papers, AWM
ME Emily (Milly) Edwards
NAA National Archives of Australia
NAM National Army Museum, London
n.d. no date
NLA National Library of Australia, Canberra
OH Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 (with appropriate volume number)
PRO Public Record Office, London
PROV Public Record Office, Victoria
SLV State Library of Victoria
SMH Sydney Morning Herald
UMA University of Melbourne Archives
V/Bret Villers-Bretonneux
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The main source for this biography has been Elliott’s papers at the Australian War Memorial. Deposited in instalments, the papers have been accessioned in four different collections (1DRL 264, 2DRL 513, 3DRL 3297, 3DRL 3856). The classification of his papers (and other AWM collections) has altered since I first looked at them; I’ve tried to cite all such references in their reclassified formats, but it’s possible that a small number may be cited in their former guises. There is also a small collection of Elliott papers at the State Library of Victoria.
Elliott’s diaries of the Great War are in five volumes, 2DRL 513/2-6. His original 1914-1919 letters to his wife and children are located in two sequences in the Elliott papers, 2DRL 513/7-9 and 3DRL 3297/2-12; typed copies of these letters are to be found in 2DRL 513/24-30, but edited alterations have been made to them. Original 1915-1919 letters from Elliott to Belle Campbell, his sister-in-law, are in a separate sequence, 2DRL 513/10-12. Another batch of original letters to a relative, his 1916-1919 correspondence to his cousin Milly Edwards, is to be found in 3DRL 3856/2. There are numerous references to each of these sources in the endnotes; I have outlined the DRL locations here instead of mentioning them over and over again in the notes.
Another important source has been the papers of Charles Bean, also deposited in the AWM in instalments and reclassified as collection AWM 38.
Primary Sources
Manuscripts
Australian National University Survey of War Memorials, AWM.
A. Bazley papers, AWM.
C. Bean papers, AWM.
E. Beddington, ‘My Life’, Hertfordshire County Council Archives.
W. Birdwood papers, AWM.
R.H.K. Butler papers, IWM.
J. Campbell papers, AWM.
P. Carne papers, privately held.
G. Christie-Miller papers, IWM.
A. Coates papers, SLV.
A. Court papers, privately held.
C. Denehy papers, privately held.
K. Doig papers, SLV.
J. Edmonds papers, University of London.
Edwards family papers, Talbot Museum.
H. Elliott papers, AWM.
H. Elliott papers, SLV.
G.R. Freeman papers, privately held.
P. Game papers, IWM.
J. Gellibrand papers, AWM.
D. Haig papers, PRO.
Henderson family papers, privately held.
J.J.T. Hobbs papers, AWM.
Kent Hughes family papers, privately held.
J. Latham papers, NLA.
P. Ledward papers, IWM.
B. Liddell Hart papers, University of London.
K. Mackay papers, privately held.
McCombe family papers, privately held.
G. McCrae papers, AWM.
I. Marsh papers, NLA.
J. Monash papers, NLA.
E. Need papers, privately held.
J. North papers, University of London.
G. Pearce papers, AWM.
H. Rawlinson papers, IWM and NAM.
J. Richardson papers, AWM.
7th Battalion Association papers, AWM.
N. Smyth papers, privately held.
E. Tivey papers, AWM.
F. Tubb papers, privately held.
Walker family papers, SLV.
C.V. Watson papers, privately held.
D. Whinfield papers, privately held.
C.B.B. White papers, NLA.
T. White papers, privately held.
H. Wilson papers, IWM.
Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates
I read every speech Elliott made in the Senate during his parliamentary career (1920-1931).
Official Records, AWM
AWM 4 AIF official unit diaries
AWM 25 Files created by AIF units
AWM 26 AIF operations files
AWM 27 AWM subject files
AWM 38 C. Bean papers
AWM 43 AIF biographical and other research files
AWM 44 Official History drafts
AWM 93 AWM registry files
AWM 140 AIF biographical cards
AWM 183 AIF biographical forms
AWM 252 AWM subject files
Official Records, PRO
CAB 45 Correspondence re Official History drafts
WO 95 British unit war diaries
WO 158 British unit war diaries
WO 256 D. Haig papers
Official Records, PROV
VPRS 24 Inquest deposition files
VPRS 30 Criminal trial briefs
VPRS 251 Register of inwards correspondence, Attorney-General’s department
VPRS 626 Land selection files
VPRS 640 Primary school correspondence files
VPRS 795 School building files
VPRS 7556 Admission warrants of patients to Yarra Bend
Official Records, National Archives of Australia
CRS A518/1 New Guinea staff
CRS A6273/1 Canberra administration: Senator H.E. Elliott’s appeal against kerbing and guttering charges
CRS B2455 AIF personnel dossiers
CRS B4747/1 Army militia records, attestation documents
MP 84/1 Defence department correspondence files
University of Melbourne Archives
Examination results
Ormond College records
Ballarat College Archives
Council minutes
Register of enrolments
Fintona archives
Examinations register
Secondary Sources
Books
E. Andrews, The Anzac Illusion (Melbourne, 1993)
C. Aspinall-Oglander, Military Operations: Gallipoli vols 1 & 2 (London, 1929 & 1932)
C. Bean, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 vols 1–6 (Sydney, 1921-42)
——, Gallipoli Mission (Canberra, 1948)
——, Two Men I Knew (Sydney, 1957)
——, Anzac to Amiens (Canberra, 1968)
F. Brennan, Canberra in Crisis (Canberra, 1971)
G. Cadzow, Charlton in the Vale of the Avoca (Charlton, 1988)
E. Childers (ed), The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 vol. 5 (London, 1907)
R. Corfield, Hold Hard, Cobbers vol. 1 1912-1930 (Melbourne, 1992)
——, Don’t Forget Me, Cobber (Melbourne, 2000)
C. Coulthard-Clark, No Australian Need Apply: The Troubled Career of Lieutenant-General Gordon Legge (Sydney, 1988)
F. Cutlack (ed), War Letters of General Monash (Sydney, 1934)
A. Dean & E. Gutteridge, The Seventh Battalion AIF (Melbourne, 1933)
S. Dewar, ‘Having a Lively Time’: Australians at Gallipoli in 1915 (Melbourne, 1990)
T. Dingle, Settling (Sydney, 1984)
W. Downing, To the Last Ridge (Melbourne, 1920)
J. Dunn, The War the Infantry Knew (London, 1989)
J. Edmonds, Military Operations: France and Belgium 1918 vols 1, 2, 4 & 5 (London, 1935-47)
——, Military Operations: France and Belgium 1917 vol. 2 (London, 1948)
A. Ellis, The Story of the Fifth Australian Division (London, 1920)
C. Falls, Military Operations: France and Belgium 1917 vol. 1 (London, 1940)
B. Gammage, The Broken Years (Canberra, 1974)
W. & W. Gherardin (eds), The Volunteer (Melbourne, 1995)
I. Grant, Jacka VC (Melbourne, 1989)
F. Green, Servant of the House (Melbourne, 1969)
P. Griffith, Battle Tactics of the Western Front (New Haven & London, 1994)
P. Hocking, Twice a Digger (Melbourne, 1995)
C. Hughes & B. Graham (eds), A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics (Canberra, 1968)
K. Inglis, Sacred Places (Melbourne, 1998)
H. Knyvett, Over There with the Australians (London, 1918)
A. Latreille, The Natural Garden (Melbourne, 1990)
N. Lytton, The Press and the General Staff (London, 1920)
S. Macintyre (ed), Ormond College Centenary Essays (Melbourne, 1984)
S. Macintyre, The Oxford History of Australia vol. 4 1901-1942 (Melbourne, 1986)
R. McMullin, Will Dyson: Cartoonist, Etcher and Australia’s Finest War Artist (Sydney, 1984)
——, The Light on the Hill: The Australian Labor Party 1891-1991 (Melbourne, 1991)
W. Mein, History of Ballarat College 1864-1964 (Ballarat, 1964)
M. Middlebrook, The Kaiser’s Battle (London, 1983)
W. Miles, Military Operations: France and Belgium 1916 vol. 2 (London, 1938)
J. Monash, The Australian Victories in France in 1918 (Melbourne, 1923)
B. Nairn & G. Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography vols 7–10 (Melbourne, 1979-86)
T. Pakenham, The Boer War (London, 1979)
P. Pedersen, Monash as Military Commander (Melbourne, 1985)
G. Powell, Plumer (London, 1990)
R. Prior & T. Wilson, Command on the Western Front: The Military Career of Sir Henry Rawlinson (Oxford, 1992)
——, Passchendaele: The Untold Story (New Haven & London, 1996)
F. Richards, Old Soldiers Never Die (Sydney, 1933)
J. Ritchie (ed), Australian Dictionary of Biography vols 12–15 (Melbourne, 1990-2000)
J. Robertson, Anzac and Empire (Melbourne, 1990)
P. Sadler, The Paladin (Melbourne, 2000)
G. Sawer, Australian Federal Politics and Law 1901-1929 (Melbourne, 1956)
G. Serle, John Monash: A Biography (Melbourne, 1982)
G. Serle (ed), Australian Dictionary of Biography vol. 11 (Melbourne, 1988)
A. Sprake, Londonderry: The Golden Hole (Perth, 1991)
A. Thomson, Anzac Memories: Living with the Legend (Melbourne, 1994)
A. Wildavsky & D. Carboch, Studies in Australian Politics (Melbourne, 1958)
D. Winter, 25 April 1915 (Brisbane, 1994)
G. Witton, Scapegoats of the Empire (Melbourne, 1907)
Theses
M. Chamberlain, Victoria at War 1899-1902 (MA thesis, University of Melbourne, 1977)
D. Chambers, A History of Ormond College 1881-1945 (MA thesis, University of Melbourne, 1966)
A. Moore, ‘Send Lawyers, Guns and Money!’ A Study of Conservative Paramilitary Organisations in New South Wales 1930-1932, Background and Sequel 1917-1952’ (PhD thesis, La Trobe University, 1982)
D. Potts, A Study of Three Nationalists in the Bruce–Page Government of 1923-29 (MA thesis, University of Melbourne, 1972)
Periodicals
Despatches 1925-1992 (not paginated until 1964)
Duckboard (various issues)
Fintonian 1915-1940
Reveille (various issues)
Scotch Collegian 1914-1940
Newspapers
I consulted numerous newspapers at the SLV for various periods, principally the Argus, Age, SMH, ECT, and Ballarat Courier. I utilised many others, far too many to list here, when Elliott visited a particular locality on electioneering duty or to unveil a memorial. The holdings of both the Herald library and the AWM were also useful.