Major General Sir George Frederick Wootten, was a senior Australian Army officer, public servant, right wing political activist and solicitor. He rose to the rank of temporary major general during the
Major General George Wootten in January 1945
Members of the first fifteen, first grade rugby team, at the RMC, Duntroon, 1913. George F. Wootten is sat in the middle row, second from the left.
"Rest Gully", Gallipoli. June 1915. Captain George Wootten, Adjutant, 1st Infantry Battalion, shaving at the entrance to his dugout.
Samer, France, 16 December 1917. Major George Wootten DSO (right) at the time a staff officer with the 5th Division.
The Battle of North Borneo took place during the Second World War between Allied and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Borneo campaign of the Pacific War, it was fought between 10 June and 15 August
George Wootten
…the Huon Peninsula campaign. After a year of leave, consolidation, and re-training in Australia, the 9th took part in the Borneo campaign, including Operation Oboe Six, the amphibious landings at Brunei and Labuan. Wootten's nephew, Driver Evans, was a prisoner of war in Borneo who took part in one of the Sandakan…
Members of a patrol from 'A' Company, Australian 2/43rd Battalion, disembark from a boat and walk along a large fallen tree, as they move inland to investigate reports of Japanese activity.
Australian troops from the 24th Brigade landing on Labuan on 10 June 1945.
Troops from the 2/13th Battalion patrolling around Miri, August 1945
Troops from the Australian 2/32nd Battalion land at Weston aboard US-crewed landing vehicles