Reverend Keith Elliott V.C. (Victoria Cross)
ed: Lytton St PS; Fielding Agric HS.
Served in 22nd Battalion WWII, awarded Victoria Cross for gallantry at Ruweisat Ridge, North Africa in July 1942.
Farmer near Pahiatua before becoming an Anglican Church minister in 1947.
A biography “From Cowshed to Dog Collar” , written with Rona Adshead, was published in 1967.
Brother of Frank Elliot (Manawatu-Horowhenua 1931-32), Manawatu (1933-34)
Died 7.10.1989, Lower Hutt, aged 73.