The Empire Called and I Answered

I saw this play in Moonee Ponds last year and it is an outstanding piece of work.  See it if you can.  Darren Mort is Pompey to the life. ...

  At the Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds,  31 Aug at  12pm and 8pm Local hero General 'Pompey' Elliott led the Essendon Rif...

The Honour Roll, pictured in a pamphlet published for the unveiling, in the collection of the Essendon Hist. Society Inc. The Honour Roll ...

This memorial in Victory Park commemorated the war service of the men of Ascot Vale West, known at the time as Bagotville Hill, which is...

Ross McMullin explores the legend in The Age today. Elliott was highly regarded by residents in the Essendon area.  He had been the comma...

The poignant story of the death of the youthful 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Walker , a protege of Lieut-Colonel Pompey Elliot, told by Rod Mart...

Rod Martin has visited the grave of Brigadier-General H E 'Pompey' Elliott and found this wonderful soldier's memorial.  ...

This photo was taken at Broadmeadows Camp in 1914, and has the label on the back "Headquarters Detail 7th Battalion 1st AIF". ...

The departure of a contingent of young men with the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force was a cause for celebration in Essendon, and the...