The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of Colonel Arthur Gillespie Wilson, General Staff Officer 1, Headquarters 9th Division. Training in India and at the Staff College in Quetta, Pakistan, Arthur Wilson was a staff officer who served with the British Army from 1921 to 1940, when he was seconded to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Among his many appointments, he was Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, 1 Australian Corps, from April to June 1940; General Staff Officer 1, Headquarters, AIF UK, until November 1940; Assistant Military Landing Officer at the Australian High Commissioner's Office, London, from November 1940 to September 1943. He was made a temporary Colonel (Col) in December 1943 and carried out Staff Duties and Training at Headquarters, New Guinea Force, from December 1943 to May 1944; he was then Deputy Director of Staff Duties, G Branch, Land Headquarters, from May 1944 to March 1945. In October 1945 Col Wilson, then General Staff Officer 1, Headquarters 9 Division, presided at the staff conference that took place after the Japanese surrender on the island of Labuan in Borneo. After the Second World War, he commanded the Headquarters Base Sub Area, British Commonwealth Occupation Force, from January 1946.
Studio portrait of Major Arthur Gillespie Wilson from Sydney, NSW. He is wearing Australian Staff Corps badges, featuring crossed boomerangs, on his collar and his cap. Training in India and at the St
Group portrait of members of 3rd Australian Division Headquarters before the division embarked for France. Original staff Major (Maj) John Hubback Anderson, Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Servic
Collection relating to the service of Major General Arthur Gillespie Wilson, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Japan, 1935-1946 Wallet 1 of 1 – Wallet consists of a single diary entry wri
Group portrait of administrative officers attached to Headquarters AIF Depots in United Kingdom at Bhurtpore Barracks on the Salisbury Plain. Identified from left to right, Back row: Major John Herald
DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-11. GROUP PORTRAIT OF OFFICERS OF THE "A", "Q" BRANCHES AND SERVICES, HEADQUARTERS, 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: SX9042 CHAPLAIN J. F. HONNER; VX104
MINGENEW, WA. 1943-04-19. THE MINISTER FOR THE ARMY, THE HONOURABLE F. M. FORDE, MEETING OFFICERS OF 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. WITH THE MINISTER IS MAJOR GENERAL H. C. H. ROBERTSO
