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Continuing . . from the Te Papa exhibition :Gallipoli:The Scale Of Our War

This was Lieutenant Colonel Percival Fenwick (1870 -1958), New Zealand Medical Corps. He was born in England and had been a military surgeon in the Boer War.He was among the first New Zealanders to land on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Throughout that day and night, he treated hundreds of wounded Anzacs on the beach, describing the scene as 'hellish' He was evacuated from Gallipoli, ill and exhausted, after two months, soon commanding New Zealand military hospitals in England. At Christchurch Hospital in the 1920s, he pioneered the use of radium and radiotherapy.He repeatedly offered his services to the country during World War II, but these were refused, as his medical work was deemed too valuable.

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::biffobear
03/05/16 11:46 AM GMT
Good stuff in us Brits Lyn ;)....Stiff upper lip and all that......R.
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I wish I was a Glow Worm, a Glow Worm's never glum, 'cause how can you be grumpy, when the sun shines out your bum?
.vangoughs
03/05/16 3:18 PM GMT
Awesome!!
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::tigger3
03/05/16 4:27 PM GMT
Outstanding Lyn! This is one fantastic series. tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::Ramad
03/05/16 4:40 PM GMT
So life-life-like especially with that lighting.
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Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.
::0930_23
03/05/16 4:54 PM GMT
What a gut wrenching series this has been LE. Beautiful and moving.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.PatAndre
03/05/16 5:15 PM GMT
I assume these are wax figures? Fabulous.
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::trixxie17
03/05/16 8:18 PM GMT
these are remarkable sculptures Lyn - what an interesting exhibit.
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. . . "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
::luckyshot
03/06/16 1:01 AM GMT
Lyn - Another outstanding addition to the series.
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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine The Earth without art is just 'eh'.
.koca
03/06/16 8:00 AM GMT
Interesting work, Lyn.
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.icedancer
03/08/16 5:53 PM GMT
Another marvelous shot to the series - looks so life like
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