McGill Library
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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
McMurtry, Eric O. (Eric Ogilvie), 1894-1917
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Description area
Dates of existence
1894-1917
History
Eric O. McMurtry, born in Montreal, was a grandson of wealthy businessman and politician Alexander Walker Ogilvie. After graduating from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, he enlisted as an officer with the infantry in the Royal Expeditionary Force but later transferred to the Flying Corps attached to the 23rd Battalion. He had the rank of major when he was shot down and killed while piloting a B-29 bomber on patrol near Houdain in France.