Career
From 1939 to 1945 he served in and was taken Prisoner of War in Crete. After fossicking for gold for several years, he proceeded to clear, farm and settle areas of Victoria such as Lake Condah in the Western District and Narracan and Moe in Gippsland. Savige was a first cousin of Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Savige.
From Libya the battalion was ordered to Greece and then to Crete where he was taken prisoner by the Germans.
Savige joined in 1924. In 1933 he attended the 4th World Scout Jamboree in Hungary where he met Lord Baden-Powell.
After the war, Savige became Assistant District Commissioner of the Strzelecki District and later, District Commissioner of the McDonald District. In 1972 the Chief Commissioner awarded him the Silver Acorn for exceptional services to The Russian Savige Log Cabin, Camp Caringal, Erica was erected in memory of Savige, the plaque being unveiled by his widow, Shirley, on 22 March 1981.
