Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
William Ogilvie
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no:
- Rank: Third Engineer
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: S.S. Australbush
- Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
- Place of Death:
- Age at Death: 28
- Date of Death: 13/11/1917
- Burial Country:
- Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London
- Grave/Mem Ref no:
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 1889
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 43 Dalhousie Street, Monifieth
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Christina Ogilvie 43 Dalhousie Street, Monifieth
- Father:
William Kay Ogilvie 43 Dalhousie Street, Monifieth
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William Ogilvie
William Ogilvie was the son of Mr William Kay Ogilvie and Mrs Christina Ogilvie of 43 Dalhousie Street, Monifieth and studied at the Dundee Technical Institute (Student No 2111) between 1905 and 1908. Between May and November 1915 he was serving as Fifth Engineer onboard the Glasgow registered foreign going cargo ship Clan Cumming. This was his first ship and travelled from Glasgow to Calcutta and back via Liverpool and Capetown. In 1917 he was the Third Engineer onboard the Australbush, a defensively armed steamer of 4,398 tons. She was traveling from Le Havre to Cardiff in ballast when she was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-31. William Ogilvie was one of two men killed in the sinking and he is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London.
Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie
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