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This formal portrait of Charles Heaphy shows him wearing the Victoria Cross he was awarded for rescuing a wounded soldier under intense fire at Waiari, near Te Awamutu, on 11 February 1864, during the war in Waikato.
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Reference: 1/2-003062; F
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