article_snippet.sent: Wilkins, 60, made the pilgrimage to Gallipoli on the eve of the centenary commemorations, to discover more of his grandfather George, George William Thomson, a qualified dentist, who toiled for many hours on end as part of the New Zealand medical corps to mend broken bodies.
article_snippet.sent: Veteran TV presenter Richard Wilkins tells how having read excerpts from Veteran TV presenter Richard Wilkins "papa's" war diary, lit 'a flame of interest' to learn more of the World War One veteran.
article_snippet.sent: George William Thomson, Veteran TV presenter Richard Wilkins grandfather, who served in Gallipoli as part of the New Zealand medical corps .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Gabrielle Fortune of the Auckland War Memorial takes Veteran TV presenter Richard Wilkins through the artefacts of Veteran TV presenter Richard Wilkins grandfather George Thomson, which have been preserved in New Zealand .
article_snippet.sent: A doting grandfather, George Thomson, pictured in Veteran TV presenter Richard Wilkins later years.
article_snippet.sent: I was thrilled at how they restore and maintain all the various artefacts that have been donated by various families,' said Entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins .
article_snippet.sent: Even though Entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins admitted, at first, to being 'a bit miffed' that the war memorabilia was not kept within the family, 'I was thrilled at how the war memorabilia restore and maintain all the various artefacts that have been donated by various families'. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Reading Veteran TV presenter Richard Wilkins "papa's" war diaries 'lit a flame of interest' to head to Gallipoli .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Veteran TV presenter Richard Wilkins cracked when standing on ANZAC Cove thinking of how 'the poor buggers found themselves in hell' 