WW1 Tiki - General Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Tue, May 24, 2005 5:16 PM Most everyone here knows of the connection of World War 2 and tiki (James Michener, South Pacific, etc) But here is a story that mentions a direct link between tiki and the WW1 Gallipoli battle that happened nearly 30 years earlier. It must have been a good luck tiki, as the soldier ended up surviving that battle and the rest of the war. ISTANBUL, Turkey - A silver tiki engraved with the name of a New Zealand soldier who fought on the battlefields of World War 1 came close to finding a new home this year. Former army nurse Daphne Shaw gave serious thought to leaving the tiki, which was worn by her grandfather Norman Dickie, on the Anzac battlefield in Turkey. Some 3000 New Zealand soldiers died on Gallipoli, and thousands more in Sinai, Palestine, and on the Western Front. Mr Dickie lived to return to New Zealand. "Just taking it (the tiki) there...it is going to be quite emotional," The full article can be read in its entirety at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122024 Vern

Most everyone here knows of the connection of World War 2 and tiki (James Michener, South Pacific, etc)

But here is a story that mentions a direct link between tiki and the WW1 Gallipoli battle that happened nearly 30 years earlier. It must have been a good luck tiki, as the soldier ended up surviving that battle and the rest of the war.

ISTANBUL, Turkey - A silver tiki engraved with the name of a New Zealand soldier who fought on the battlefields of World War 1 came close to finding a new home this year.
Former army nurse Daphne Shaw gave serious thought to leaving the tiki, which was worn by her grandfather Norman Dickie, on the Anzac battlefield in Turkey.

Some 3000 New Zealand soldiers died on Gallipoli, and thousands more in Sinai, Palestine, and on the Western Front. Mr Dickie lived to return to New Zealand.

"Just taking it (the tiki) there...it is going to be quite emotional,"

The full article can be read in its entirety at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122024

Vern

Post #161300 by ikitnrev on Tue, May 24, 2005 5:16 PM

But here is a story that mentions a direct link between tiki and the WW1 Gallipoli battle that happened nearly 30 years earlier. It must have been a good luck tiki, as the soldier ended up surviving that battle and the rest of the war.

"Just taking it (the tiki) there...it is going to be quite emotional,"