Chas Woodley lost his right hand and both eyes in the Second World War. In 1947 he was learning to operate a small hand loom so that he could have an occupation. A sense of social obligation to injured veterans like Mr Woodley helped create the public will to set up the Accident Compensation Commission (later Corporation).
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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios Collection
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