A YOUNG Redcar man is helping to provide medical care while on duty in Cyprus.
Gunner Wayne Cann, 18, is working as a team medic with the Army, and provides initial first-aid until back up arrives.
He is on a six-month stint on the Greek island, working on the Green Line - the UN buffer zone - to keep the peace between the opposing Turkish and Greek Cypriot forces.
Gunner Cann nearly needed some of his own medicine when he first arrived on the island.
"I took part in a 7km Olympic event before I'd become acclimatised, with loads of people from different countries. It was really hard because of the heat, but I still managed to finish in 26 minutes, coming within the top 40, so I was well pleased," he said.
He will be spending his leave with his brother, who is based with the RAF in Akrotiri, in the south of the island.
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