‘I am sending my only son’

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‘I am sending my only son’

Lea Doughty
Departure of hospital ship Maheno
Departure of the hospital ship Maheno in 1915, painting by Walter Armiger Bowring. Photo credit: Wikipedia common, source: flickr.com/ photos/archivesnz/28086044121

In 1915, the New Zealand Government chartered the hospital ship the Maheno and began outfitting it for service

The Pharmacy Board of New Zealand reached out to “everyone engaged in pharmacy” around the country, seeking donations to stock the hospital ship’s dis, Roll of Honour: Pharmacists who died in the war