George Wootten
Australian general · Australia · On the map · Lived 1893 to 1970 · aged 76
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 Second World War.
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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.
Major General Wootten (second left) with Australian ex-POWs at Batu Lintang POW/internment camp, Kuching, Sarawak, 12 September 1945.Awards
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Wootten earned the respect of his soldiers and superiors; General Douglas MacArthur described him as "the best soldier in the Australian Army who had it in him to reach the highest position". He was famous, in part, for his heavy build; he had given up smoking in 1930, and by 1941 - even though he was 175 cm tall - he weighed 127 kg.