Sir Harold Delf Gillies (June 17, 1882 - September 10, 1960) was a New Zealand-born, and later Londoner, otolaryngologist widely considered as the father of plastic surgery. Wikipedia
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However, it was New Zealander Harold Delf Gillies who standardised these techniques and established the discipline of 'plastic surgery'. www.nzedge.com/heroes/gillies.html
Paddy Hartley is the Lead Artist for Project Facade and will be making wearable, textile sculpture using military uniforms in response to the patient records of First World War Servicemen from throughout the Commonwealth treated by Sir Harold Gillies and www.projectfacade.com/