Robert George (RAF officer)

Sir Robert Allingham George ( born July 25, 1896 in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, † September 13, 1967 in London, England) was a British general and governor of the Australian state of South Australia.

Life

George volunteered at the outbreak of the First World War to the military. With the regiment of Seaforth Highlanders, he was first transferred to France. Later he became a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and was awarded the Military Cross.

After 1918, George remained in the army and served until 1924 in British India. From 1932 he was commander of the 33rd Squadron (No. 33 Squadron ). During World War II he served as a military attaché in Turkey and Iraq.

In August 1952 George retired with the rank of major general of the army, and took over the post of the Governor of South Australia. In February 1953, he came with his wife in Adelaide. A year later, the Governor's house was damaged during the earthquake. 1955 burned the Summer House at devastating bushfires ( Black Sunday Bushfires ) down to the ground from, George and his wife came with their lives. George was regarded as old-fashioned governor, but he confronted the Prime Minister occasionally with extravagant demands for a swimming pool or a personal helicopter.

In 1959 he returned to London and became a director of the local branch of the Bank of Adelaide, which merged later in the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. He died in September 1967 in London following a traffic accident.

Awards

  • Military Cross (1918 )
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1944 )
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath (1948 )
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1952 )
  • Knight of the Order of Saint John (1953 )
  • Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1943 )
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1958 )
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