Robert George

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Robert George

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 enlisted in the military when the First World War broke out . He was first transferred to France with the Seaforth Highlanders regiment. He later became a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and received the Military Cross .

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

In August 1952, George retired from the Army with the rank of major general and assumed the post of Governor of South Australia. In February 1953 he arrived in Adelaide with his wife . A year later, the governor's house was damaged in a major earthquake. In 1955, the summer house burned to the ground in a devastating Black Sunday Bushfire , and George and his wife were killed. Although George was considered an old-fashioned governor, he occasionally confronted the Prime Minister with extravagant requests for a swimming pool or a personal helicopter .

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

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SURNAME George, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES George, Robert Allingham (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British General, Governor of South Australia
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Cromarty , Ross and Cromarty , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1967
Place of death London , England