Colonel Robert William George Ogle

Service number NX12305
Ranks Held Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 21/11/1904
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Waratah
Death Date 28/01/1981
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 24th Australian Infantry Brigade
Place Waratah
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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Citations 4 It took the form of an attack just before dawn by which the enemy was completely surprised. Parts of his minefield were raised and passages made for our tanks to get through. Heavy casualties were inflicteddd on the enemy and more than one hundred German prisoners were taken. Early in the operation Lt.-Col. OGLE was himslef seriously wounded when the vehicle in which he was travelling ran on a mine. Notwithstanding his wounds, while waiting to be evacuatedd he gave orderrs to offrs with him abou
wounded in action Mine? El Alamien 2 Sep 42
Citations 2 'For his gallantry and skilful leadership during a raid which his Bn., supported by other arms, carried out against enemy positions on a feature near TEL EL EISA.
Citations 3 The operation, which was undertaken as a counter stroke to an enemy attack elsewhere , was most carefully and thoroughly planned and prepared by Lt.-Col. OGLE.
Career summary 23 arrived Morotai ???
Career summary 12 In carrier that ran over mine as battalion reached OBJ.
Citations 5 recmd BRIG Windeyer 20th Bde EXT SHEET DN 27/42, LG Supp 35771/42
WW2 Service 1 Benghazi
WW2 Service 2 El Alamein
Date of birth 21/11/1904
Interwar Service 1 1920 SGT 1st Fd Company
Date commissioned 01/08/1924
Interwar Service 2 01/08/1924 lieutenant AE
Interwar Service 3 13/09/1928 captain
Interwar Service 4 14/09/1934 major
Interwar Service 5 17/06/1937 2/34th battalion
Interwar Service 7 16/05/1938 course competant for PROM to lieutenant colonel
Interwar Service 6 01/05/1938 temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 13th battalion
Career summary 1 11/12/1939 major 13th battalion
Career summary 2 11/12/1939 seconded BMGO? Machine Gun Officer? Headquarters 14th Brigade
Interwar Service 8 06/04/1939 Unattached List relinquished command temporary lieutenant colonel
Career summary 4 01/05/1940 seconded major 2/17th battalion from 13th battalion
Career summary 5 29/08/1940 TFD brigade major Headquarters 24th Brigade
Career summary 3 27/03/1940 enlisted 2AIF
Career summary 7 13/06/1941 lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/15th battalion
Career summary 8 22/08/1941 medical (evac 2/4th AGH why?) 6
Career summary 6 30/01/1941 arrived Middle East
Career summary 9 31/12/1941 Mention in Despatches
Appointment 1941-06-13 - 1942-09-02 Battalion: 2/15th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: brigade major 24th Brigade; Reason for end of appointment: wounded in action: Mine El Alamein
Career summary 10 09/06/1942 Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
Career summary 13 02/09/1942 relinquished command 2/15th battalion
Career summary 16 15/12/1942 Mention in Despatches (Nov 41-Apr 42)
Career summary 15 16/10/1942 medical downgrade 'unfit for service'
Career summary 11 02/09/1942 wounded in action (multiple Shell/shrapnel wound (mine? fracture rt ankle)
Career summary 17 10/09/1943 general service officer grade 1 (Trg) G Br, Adv Land Headquarters
Career summary 14 09/01/1943 Returned to Australia (Syd) (medevac)
Career summary 20 26/10/1944 ED
Career summary 18 21/02/1944 general service officer grade 1 (Operational Reports) Dir'e of Mil Operaptions, G Br, Adv Land Headquarters
Career summary 19 1944-06-19 - 1944-07-18 attached Headquarters 9thDiv
Career summary 21 11/11/1944 general service officer grade 1 (Training & Op Reports) Adv Land Headquarters
Career summary 22 c 1945-06-18 arrived Lae
Career summary 25 12/12/1945 Reserve of Officers
Career summary 24 26/09/1945 Returned to Australia (Brisbane ) ex Morotai
Date of death 28/01/1981