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From: "Liz & Peter" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-SAGEN] War Injuries
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:18:26 +1030
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Hi Lynda, Having just finished reading Gallipoli and having grown up in an
Army family with a father who sustained injuries in WWII and a brother who
did so in Vietnam (both legs, thighs), I can assure you that this was no
cowardly injury. These horrors took place many many times. I read about
this sort of injury often. By the time I'd got to the end of the book I
felt quite sick at the amount of suffering. War is hell, and nothing like
the sanitised movies. Liz
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From: "Lynda Pearl" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:44 PM
Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] War Injuries


> Dear Listers,
> I am going throught the medical and navy notes for my relative Harry
> MCPHEE, It shows that he sustained Gun Shot Wounds to both of his knees,
> shattering his knee caps. I may have seen too many gangster movies, but I
> though this type of wound was inflicted on cowards? He died many years
> after the War (he was in WWI) at the Repat Hospital, Daw Park.
> Can anyone share some info on typical GSW injuries in war?
> Cheers,
> Lynda.
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