Leonard Ogilvie was removed from his aunt and uncle when he was eight years old and sent to Moore River Native Settlement. Ogilvie joined the army and served in Korea in 1948. Ogilvie has worked on cattle stations and in various other jobs.
Ogilvie's story was recorded by the National Library of Australia for the Bringing Them Home oral history project and appeared in the associated publication Many Voices: Reflections on experiences of Indigenous child separation, edited by Doreen Mellor and Anna Haebich (2002).
