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Gunner
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From the Te Papa exhibition :Gallipoli:The Scale Of Our War
This was Private Rikihana Careek, 24 when he signed up with the Māori Contingent. On August 8th 1915 he was in a machine gun team covering the advance on Chunuk Bair. This is an excerpt from his diary
"Warden . . . was shot and fell back amongst us in a heap. He managed to say "Carry on boys', then died. . . Donald Ferris was shot through the head . .Private Hawkins . .shot through the wrist..I also did not reign long for I was shot through the body at the base of the neck".
After being shot he dragged himself 5 kilometres down to the beach and was eventually evacuated by hospital ship.He was one of only 134 Māori soldiers from the original 477-strong contingent who survived to be withdrawn from Gallipoli on 14 December 1915. He went on to serve on the Western Front and achieved the rank of Lieutenant.

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::0930_23
03/02/16 4:08 PM GMT
Your photos and stories are top notch LE.
You and the sculptor captured the emotion of the battle.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
::tigger3
03/02/16 4:48 PM GMT
I agree with Tick, outstanding in every way Lyn. tigs=^..^=
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::trixxie17
03/02/16 5:04 PM GMT
Excellent sculpture work here Lyn and a well done narrative as well.
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.carlosf_m
03/02/16 6:20 PM GMT
Amazing story, and beautiful capture
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.PatAndre
03/02/16 7:24 PM GMT
The lighting on this one is just superb. Nice work.
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::corngrowth
03/02/16 8:48 PM GMT
Lyn, if you hadn't tell us that this is a huge sculpture, on the one hand we might had thought that the image was taken on the battle field as it's a terrific realistic one, but on the other hand we had realized too that in that time (WW I) taking captures with such a high quality wasn't possible.
Excellent continuation of this great series, my friend.
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.icedancer
03/03/16 7:14 PM GMT
Another wonderful shot to add to you great series
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::luckyshot
03/04/16 2:05 PM GMT
Lyn - Your narrative matches well the drama depicted in your image. Wonderful lighting on the sculpture.
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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'.

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