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Soldier and Commander of last Tasmanian contingent for the Boer War. Born circa 1864. Son of Arthur James Ogilvy and Mary Camilla Letitia Needham. Ogilvy was educated mostly at private schools, but spent some time at the Hutchins School, Hobart. Early in his life he joined the Tasmanian Volunteer Force, in which he held the rank of lieutenant for many years. He was known as an enthusiastic soldier and officer. Appointed a Justice of the Peace for Richmond on 28th October 1889. In 1901 he was promoted to the rank of captain.
Upon the formation of the last Tasmanian contingent for the Boer War, "C" Squadron of the 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, he was given the command. Peace was declared within a fortnight of Ogilvy's departure for South Africa, and he embarked in the troopship St. Andrew on May 21, 1902 to return to Tasmania.1 Ogilvy was elected warden of the Richmond Municipality, serving in the position of Warden from 1908-11 and 1913-16. At commencement of First World War, Ogilvy was appointed commandant of the Claremont Army Camp. Ogilvy inherited Inverquharity following the death of his father in 1914.
Captain Ogilvy, in 1942, was Chairman of Committee of the Royal Agricultural Show Society of Tasmania. After this period, Ogilvy did not return to Inverquharity. He leased the property to James Burn (of Roslyn) and later sold it to his friend Charles Swan (of Carrington). Ogilvy purchased a home at New Town named Waratah at the corner of Cross and Pirie Streets. Kenneth lived there with his sisters Clara and Mary. When Kenneth and Clara died, Mary was left in sole possession. Waratah became the Mary Ogilvy Home. Kenneth Ogilvy died on 15th August 1943.
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1 John Bufton, Tasmanians in the Transvaal War, pp. 420-21.
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