File:Departure of the Hospital Ship "Maheno", 1915 (28086044121).jpg
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When casualties mounted 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 New Zealand’s first floating hospital. It set sail for Gallipoli on 11 July 1915, reaching Anzac Cove in late August. By the end of the war the Maheno (officially known as His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship (HMNZHS) No. 1) had transported tens of thousands of sick and wounded soldiers. This 1915 painting by Walter Armiger Bowring forms part of the National War Art collection, which is under the care of Archives New Zealand. This painting is currently on display in the Wellington reading room. Bowring was born in Auckland in 1874. He illustrated New Zealand’s involvement in the South African War. He was an illustrator for the Christchurch Press, and a cartoonist and painter in oil and watercolour of historical subjects and portraits. Bowring applied unsuccessfully to become an official war artist in 1918, but was later commissioned to paint a First World War Victoria Cross portrait. A number of his other war-related paintings were also purchased by the New Zealand Government. The National Collection of War Art is composed of about 1500 artworks, and includes portraits, battle scenes, landscapes and abstracts, depicting those who served New Zealand in times of war, and the arenas in which they served. It includes both official pieces of war art, by artists formally commissioned by the New Zealand government, and other unofficial artworks that were acquired by or donated to the collection. This work and others from the Archives New Zealand War Art Collection can be viewed online at warart.archives.govt.nz/ Archives reference: AAAC 898 599/ NCWAQ387 (R22499651) archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22499651 To enquire about this record, please email research.archives@dia.govt.nz For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Caption information from warart.archives.govt.nz/ and www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/first-world-war-hospital-ships |
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