Robert George Politician

Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC (27 July 1896 – 13 September 1967) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force and Governor of South Australia from 23 February 1953 until 7 March 1960. He was born in the County of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, on 25 July 1896, and educated at Invergordon and Inverness. In May 1927, he married Sybil Elizabeth Baldwin.

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 27, 1896
Nationality
British people
Date of deathSeptember 13, 1967

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Office holder

awards
Order of the Bath
Royal Victorian Order
Military Cross
Order of the British Empire
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
World War II
World War I
military branch
British Army
Royal Air Force
military command
No. 33 Squadron
AHQ Iraq and Persia
No. 100 Squadron
RAF Hawkinge
military rank
Air vice-marshal
monarch
Elizabeth II
service end1952
service start1914
successor

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