Facial plastic surgery advanced by WW1 tragedies

By Andrew Stephens
Updated July 19 2014 - 1:13am, first published 12:15am
Deborah Tout-Smith with a plaster cast of the face of World War I soldier William Kearsey. Photo: Joe Armao
Deborah Tout-Smith with a plaster cast of the face of World War I soldier William Kearsey. Photo: Joe Armao

Australian soldier William Kearsey was on the Ypres battlefront for only 16 days in 1917 before he suffered horrific facial injuries from shell fragments. He had trained for 18 months for the war, but his recovery took far longer, and included 29 operations.

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