Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George | |
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24th Governor of South Australia | |
In office 23 February 1953 – 7 March 1960 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Premier | Sir Thomas Playford |
Preceded by | Sir Willoughby Norrie |
Succeeded by | Sir Edric Bastyan |
Personal details | |
Born | Cromarty, Scotland | 27 July 1896
Died | 13 September 1967 Marylebone, London | (aged 71)
Nationality | British |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Army (1914–18) Royal Air Force (1918–52) |
Years of service | 1914–52 |
Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
Commands | AHQ Iraq and Persia (1944–45) RAF Hawkinge (1937–39) No. 33 Squadron (1932–34) No. 100 Squadron (1930–31) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross Commander of the Royal Order of George I (Greece) |
Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC, KStJ (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 27 July 1896, and educated at Invergordon and Inverness. In May 1927, he married Sybil Elizabeth Baldwin.