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Fairlie commemorates WW1

10/16/2014

Today we went to Fairlie to see the unveiling of their latest sculpture. It has been 100 years since the start of WW1 and the town commemorated it by commissioning a sculpture by (the one and only) Donald Paterson. For a small town they put on a great event. Very moving, and a great tribute to those who fell.
The Sculpture depicts a soldier waiting for the train to take him to war. He is standing on the original site where the train station was.

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Barry O'Sullivan

4/22/2015 10:57:51 am

The statue shows such a shocking depiction of the personal equipment worn by a NZMR trooper in 1914. The bandolier equipment is completely wrong!
Barry

Don

2/12/2018 02:30:41 pm

Hi Barry , after all these years I have only just come across your comments on the WW1 soldier I created for Fairlie, you are obviously an authority on this subject, I researched at length the whole attire warn by these soldiers and spoke to people that are an authority

Fairlie commemorates WW1

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