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11 July 1915
With casualties mounting at Gallipoli, the New Zealand government ordered a hospital ship. With the help of a huge public fundraising effort, the Maheno was converted from a trans-Tasman passenger liner into NZ’s first floating hospital. It set sail for Gallipoli on 11 July 1915, reaching Anzac Cove in late August.
By the end of WW1, His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship (HMNZHS) No. 1 (Maheno) had transported tens of thousands of sick and wounded soldiers.
British & Commonwealth Forces
Bowring the artist was born in Auckland in 1874. He illustrated New Zealand’s involvement in the South African War and was an illustrator for the Christchurch Press.
Art: W.A. Bowring, Departure of the Hospital ship "Maheno", watercolour 1915.
Credit: Department of Internal Affairs » National Collection of War Art, ref. AAAC 898 NCWA Q387.
With casualties mounting at Gallipoli, the New Zealand government ordered a hospital ship. With the help of a huge public fundraising effort, the Maheno was converted from a trans-Tasman passenger liner into NZ’s first floating hospital. It set sail for Gallipoli on 11 July 1915, reaching Anzac Cove in late August.
By the end of WW1, His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship (HMNZHS) No. 1 (Maheno) had transported tens of thousands of sick and wounded soldiers.
British & Commonwealth Forces
Bowring the artist was born in Auckland in 1874. He illustrated New Zealand’s involvement in the South African War and was an illustrator for the Christchurch Press.
Art: W.A. Bowring, Departure of the Hospital ship "Maheno", watercolour 1915.
Credit: Department of Internal Affairs » National Collection of War Art, ref. AAAC 898 NCWA Q387.