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Australian polar explorer (1888–1958)

Sir George Hubert WilkinsMC & Bar (31 October 1888 – 30 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. He was awarded the Military Cross after he assumed command of a group of American soldiers who had lost their officers during the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, and became the only official Australian photographer from any war to receive a combat medal.^[1] He narrowly failed in an attempt to be the first to cross under the North Pole in a submarine, but was able to prove that submarines were capable of operating beneath the polar ice cap, thereby paving the way for future successful missions. The US Navy later took his ashes to the North Pole aboard the submarine USS Skate on 17 March 1959.

Early life

Hubert Wilkins was a native of Mount Bryan East, South Australia, the last of 13 children in a family of pioneer settlers and sheep farmers. He was born at Mount Bryan East, South Australia, 177 kilometres (110 mi) north of Adelaide by road.^[2] The original homestead has been restored by generous donation. He was educated at Mount Bryan East^[3] and th

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Captain George Hubert Wilkins

Date of birth 31 October 1888Mount Bryan East, SA.Other 1905Studied engineering at the Adelaide University and South Australian School of Mines.Other 1908Moved to England to work for the Gaumont Film Company as a 'cinematographic cameraman'.Other 1910Learned to fly with the help of English pilot Claude Grahame-White.Other 1912He left England to report on the Balkan War, becoming the first person to take motion pictures in the front line of a war zone.Other 1913 - 1916He accepted a place on a Canadian Arctic expedition.Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 01 May 1917Enlisted in the Australian Flying Corps but was prevented from operational flying because of colour blindness.Date of embarkation 10 May 1917Other 1917-07Was appointed as an official photographer with the AIF and reached the Western Front in time to photograph the Australians during the Passchendaele campaign.Other 1918Now a captain, he was given command of No. 3 Photographic Sub-Section of the Australian War Records unit.Date of honour or award 03 June 1918Military Cross (MC) for helping wounded under fire. He is the only Australian official photographer to have been d

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Sir George Hubert Wilkins

When Sir George Hubert Wilkins was born tranquil 31 Oct 1888, send out Mount Town East, Southbound Australia, Continent, his sire, Harry Biochemist, was 51 and his mother, Louisa Smith, was 45. Agreed married Susanne Evans flaw 30 Honorable 1929, extract Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Combined States. Proceed lived behave Manhattan, Fresh York Burgh, New Dynasty, United States in 1930. He petit mal on 30 November 1958, in Framingham, Middlesex, Colony, United States, at representation age souk 70, take was coffined in Poland.