Robert William OGILVIE

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OGILVIE, Robert William

Service Number:	402670
Enlisted:	18 September 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Edgecliff, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1912
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cranbrook School, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Dental Student
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 6 June 1942, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Panel 113.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 402670
18 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 402670

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Robert William Ogilvie 402670 RAAF and Sergeant John Joseph Nixon 405135 RAAF were killed when Manchester R5833 of 50SQN RAF crashed into the sea off Lorient, France - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Also killed were: Moth, Albert (Sergeant) 1268307 RAF / Gill, Reginald Thomas (Pilot Officer) 107931 RAF / Gray, William (Sergeant) 955478 RAF / West, Walter Roy (Sergeant) 1337262 RAF

Garland, Desmond William (Pilot Officer) 115223 RAF (Son of Patrick Garland CMG -his brothers also died on service: Flying Officer Donald Edward Garland VC; Flight Lieutenant Patrick James Garland; and Flight Lieutenant John Cuthbert Garland)

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