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191B Heidelberg Rd. Northcote Vic. 3070 Call 61 3 9486 1236
East to West, North to South: ART, SERVICE MEDALS, FRAMING
CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914 - 1918
CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914 - 1918
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Rochester Show 2015 backs Centenary WWI
Posted on February 27, 2015 at 9:43 PM |
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I found my great uncle's photograph at Pozieres!!
Posted on September 12, 2014 at 11:42 PM |
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My trip to the Western Front was planned for 2011. In preparation for this trip I researched my great uncle’s records from
the National Archives and the Australian War Memorial. I knew my great
uncle very well and spent a lot of time
with him until his death aged 90 in 1972 when I was 16. At that stage
I had no idea about his military history only that he served in the war
and my interest only grew as I got older. I found out that he was awarded the Military Medal
and Mentioned in Despatches but no-one in our family knew where his
medals were. I went to Northern France and Belgium in 2011 and
retraced my great uncle’s footsteps through the war diaries on the Australian War
Memorial website. I visited the Windmill site at Pozieres. Located at
the memorial site in a glass information box
was a photo of four unidentified gunners with a rundown of what
occurred during July-August 1916. I was stunned when I saw this photo
as the gunner (2nd from right) looked the image of my great
uncle. He would have been 34 at the time the photo
was taken and located in the area. There were no known photos of my
great uncle during the time he served in the army and the only picture I had
of him was an old photo when he was aged 70. I took a photo of the
information box at the Pozieres site containing
the photo and continued my trip. When I returned home I set out to prove that this man in the photo was my great uncle. After much investigation, and with the assistance
from staff from the Commonwealth War Graves/Memorials and the
Australian War Memorial, the same photo was located on the AWM website
in the photo collection. It was identified as C00450
with the citation below. I told my story to the AWM but they said
they couldn’t change the citation under the photo acknowledging the name
of my great uncle without actual proof. Group
portrait of four unidentified gunners with one of the battery of 8 inch
(French) mortar guns that used to fire on the Pozieres windmill. (From
the collection of 704 Driver
Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade,
21st Howitzer Brigade and 2nd Field Artillery Brigade.) Over the next six months I came across his war
medals during a clean out of a relative’s house after they had passed
away, the medals had been missing for around 40 years. I already had my
great uncle’s name tag, two rising suns from his
uniform and return soldier’s badge which my father had in his
possession.
I took the medals and other items along with the
photo above (which I purchased on CD from the AWM) and the only photo I
had of my great uncle in his 70s to Recherché Specialty Picture Framing in Northcote as I
wanted to get the items in a display frame
but I also really wanted to get photographic comparisons done to show that
the gunner was indeed my great uncle. The folk at Recherché arranged for
their specialist photographer Alan Lesheim to undertake a process of identification. I then contacted the AWM sending on the
backup documentation around the photo identification process. and later
received the following response: After examining
Driver Pidoto’s service record, official war diaries and your family
photograph
of him in later years, the best we can say is that the man in AWM
photograph is possibly him. I think I’ve explained the stringent
requirements we require before we add an identification to an AWM group
portrait. However in this case we have decided to
modify the caption so that it will read: "Group
portrait of four Australian artillery men with one of the battery of 8
inch (French) mortar guns that used to fire on the Pozieres windmill.
(From
the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the
1st Field Artillery Brigade, 21st Howitzer Brigade and 2nd Field
Artillery Brigade.) The smiling man, second from right, is possibly
10781 Driver (Dvr) John Pidoto MM, 6th Field Artillery
Brigade. Dvr Pidoto was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in
laying signal wire under enemy artillery fire near Ecoust, France in
April 1917" So after a long process I achieved my goal of
having my great uncle identified in the photo at Pozieres memorial site
and the citation under the photo (AWM C00450) on the Australian Memorial
website changed. I only hope that the other
three gunners can be identified in the not too distant future. Identifying World War I photographs for framing
By:
Recherché Specialty Picture Framing 22-Jan-2014 All
our work is interesting but this job was particularly engaging! Our
customer Anne discovered at the Windmill site in Pozieres, a photograph that
she believed was an image of her relative
operating a trench mortar on the Western Front during World War I. To
compare the photograph of the soldier with the image of this gent as an
older man, we explored a variety of facial recognition techniques. Finally however, with
the assistance of our photographic restorer and
his "old school skills", it was indeed possible to verify this identification! We have now been able to combine this
eloquent image from the Western Front in a framed display together with the soldier's original medals and badges. Another
very happy customer and what a story this has turned out to be. |
Presenting War Service Memories
Posted on September 12, 2014 at 8:44 PM |
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The Centenary of WW1 has awakened our memories and emotions of
the past.
The participants often chose to try and forget their experiences,
and, if they spoke about it, it was only to those who had gone
through the same horrors.
Their descendants are trying to preserve and understand what
remains of their sacrifice.
It is not unusual at our
design counter for there to be tears while discussing the
presentation of these very personal items that mean so much to
their owners. As a picture framer it is essential to have or to access both
correct preservation and presentation procedures, as well as
understanding the nature of the contents intended for display. |
CENTENARY PROGRAMME UPDATE UK & NZ
Posted on June 10, 2013 at 9:05 AM |
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Partners and funds are also being allocated in the UK and in NZ to explore, conserve and share WW1 heritage. Many commemorative projects are now in progress. The commemorations have been designed to encourage a wider knowledge of how WW1 shaped the world we live in today, as well as deepen our present-day understanding of the men and women of the period - whether they were at the front, or at home. This image has been digitally minipulated. Free of rights - Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/ConsultationTout.exe?E=0&O=03300083 Read about some of the grants and projects here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22525992 http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/whatwefund/FirstWorldWar/Pages/FirstWorldWar.aspx#.UbXFAthaeyo http://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/Funding-and-grants---Lottery-grants---Lottery-Environment-and-Heritage http://www.1914.org/ |
OLD GALLIPOLI PHOTOGRAPHS
Posted on May 4, 2013 at 1:51 AM |
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and a moving and informative documentary from the ABC team which includes interviews with ANZAC & Turkish veterans, archival footage & reconstructions Watch an excerpt from the program here
Producer: Harvey Broadbent Presenter: Andrew Olle Note the silvering of these three photographs - at Recherché Specialty Picture Framing we always recommend displaying a copy in the original frame while storing the originals in a cool. dark and dry environment. |
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- BUY NOW - GALLERY ON LINE
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