Hubert Wilkins

    Hubert Wilkins

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    October 31, 1888
    Died November 30, 1958 (70 years old)
    Mount Bryan East, South Australia

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    Sir George Hubert Wilkins (31 October 1888 – 30 November 1958) 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. He narrowly failed in an attempt to be the first to cross under the North Pole in a subma...

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