Sir Hubert Wilkins, The Explorer at Waterloo Station Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC and bar (October 31, 1888 - November 30, 1958) was an Australian polar explorer, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. Wilkins was a native of Hallett, South Australia, the last of 13 children in a family of pioneer settlers and sheep farmers. As a teenager, he moved to Adelaide where he found work with a travelling cinema, and thence to England where he became a pioneering aerial photographer whilst working for Gaumont Studios. His photographic skill earned him a place on various Arctic expeditions, including the controversial 1913 Vilhjalmur Stefansson-led Canadian Arctic Expedition. 15 June 1938 ?TopFoto