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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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Gallipoli Art Prize 2017
Posted on November 27, 2016 at 12:26 AM |
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All the information needed to apply for entry to the GALLIPOLI ART PRIZE can be found on this web page See past winners Download the application form The competition is run in both Australia and Turkey There is also an interesting illustrated article by Lucy Stranger (which relates to 2015) Worth checking out too! Artists present a diverse range of images - what would you depict? |
The Soldier Quilt
Posted on September 7, 2015 at 7:18 AM |
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I am very pleased with the framing of my
quilt. We have hung same and are thrilled with its effect. You wanted to know a little about the
subject. ‘Harry’ Moore, as I know him, was a close friend of
my grandmother’s family in North Melbourne. There was a
possibility he was romantically involved with either my
grandmother or my grandaunt.
Harry was killed at Ploegsreet in 1916. There is a photograph of this area the day before he was
killed showing a very pleasant, heavily wooded scene untouched
by the war. He was laying communication wires for the
trenches when a shell exploded. He was not found. I have been working on a series of quilts
about the impact of both wars on my family. This quilt is part
of that series. I have used strip piecing as the technique
which allowed me to immerse him into the landscape of that
day. I have used the idiosyncrasies of the piecing technique
to mimic the stratified layers that you find in roadside
cuttings. The chaos of the piecing has added to the dynamic of
the subject. I will attach a photo of ‘Harry’ which
belongs to the North Melbourne Library and is posted on Trove,
the National Library site. They very kindly allowed me to use
the photo to get myself started on this work. I hope this is useful to you. Regards to yourself and Elwyn Louise Falk |
Rochester Show 2015 backs Centenary WWI
Posted on February 27, 2015 at 9:43 PM |
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14th Battalion Colours and Battle Honours
Posted on October 17, 2014 at 8:38 PM |
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The 14th Battalion Colours and Battle Honours are on display in the foyer of the St. Kilda Town Hall in the City of Port Phillip. For the Centenary Dinner, we entered the hall adjacent to the foyer through a doorway above which was displayed the Colours of the 14th Battalion AIF. You can read about the tradition and background of regimental colours here Landing at Anzac 25 April 1915 - 26 April 1915 Awarded for participation in the amphibious assault, landing and consolidation of defensive positions at Anzac Cove. Sari Bair 06 August 1915 - 10 August 1915 Awarded for operations at Anzac between 6-10 August 1915, including the breakout, the various diversions, and operations conducted in support of the Suvla landing. Pozières 23 July 1916 - 03 September 1916 Awarded for operations conducted as part of the 1916 British Somme offensive in the vicinity of the village of Pozières, including the battle of Mouquet Farm. Bullecourt 03 May 1917 - 17 May 1917 Awarded for involvement in the Second Battle of Bullecourt: two weeks of bitter trench fighting which eventually, and at the cost of 2,250 Australian casualties, cleared and held part of the Hindenburg Line. 07 June 1917 - 14 June 1917 Acknowledges participation in the assault on, and occupation of, the Messines Ridge on the Western Front carried out by units of General Plumer's Second Army. Ypres 31 July 1917 - 10 November 1917 Awarded to recognise involvement in the Third Battle of Ypres, the two weeks of bitter trench fighting in Flanders in 1917 (known unofficially as the Passchendaele Offensive). Polygon Wood 26 September 1917 - 03 October 1917 Awarded for participation in the operations to secure strongly defended German positions in the vicinity of Polygon Wood and to consolidate positions on the Menin Road Ridge. Characterised by bitter fighting and fierce German counter-attacks. Hamel 04 July 1918 - 04 July 1918 Acknowledges participation in the limited attack mounted around the village of Hamel in July 1918 as part of operations to straighten the Allied line. This honour was awarded exclusively to Australian battalions. Amiens 08 August 1918 - 11 August 1918 Awarded for involvement in operations to the east of Amiens that launched the great Allied offensive of 1918. An "all arms battle", the Allies made effective use of infantry, artillery tanks and aircraft, which led to an unprecedented advance and vast numbers of German prisoners. 8 August became known as the “black day of the German Army’ Hindenburg Line Called the "Siegfried Stellung (Line)" by the Germans, this complex system of defensive fieldworks and mutually supporting fortifications was named the "Hindenburg Line" by the Allies. This withdrawal straightened the German line, reducing its length by 25 miles and releasing 13 Divisions for service in the reserve. |
"Jacka's Mob"
Posted on October 6, 2014 at 4:25 PM |
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Descendants of the 14th Battalion meet to honour their forebears this Sunday October 12 at City of Port Phillip Town Hall And Service Medals Melbourne a division of Recherché Specialty Picture Framing will make a special presentation to the "Descendants of 14th Battalion Jacka's Mob" - a tribute frame to the soldier whose heroic service led to his being awarded the first ANZAC Victoria Cross at Gallipoli. |
14th Battalion 100 years on
Posted on October 1, 2014 at 9:08 PM |
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Descendants of the 14th Battalion Jacka's Mob are holding a dinner to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formation of the 14th Battalion. It is 50 years this October after the surviving members of Jacka's Mob held a similar luncheon. The committee of the Descendants of the 14th Battalion Jacka's mob would be pleased if you joined them in this event which honours the outstanding sacrifice made by the men of the 14th for all Australians. Please RSVP by October 4 |
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. |
The Oxford English Dictionary and the First World War
Posted on June 16, 2014 at 5:28 AM |
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The Oxford English Dictionary have published a magnificent timeline replete with detailed information panels for Splendid reading and excellently researched THANK YOU OED |
Gallipoli Service 2015
Posted on February 16, 2014 at 10:27 PM |
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According to Breaking News Reporter Judith Ireland "Thousands make last-minute decision to go for Anzac centenary tickets"
Even though the ballot has been open for some months now, last minute applications flooded in, even on the closing day. |
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- WHAT WE DO & WHERE WE ARE
- WWl CENTENARY - OUR BLOG
- SERVICE MEDALS & MOUNTING
- BUY REPLICA MEDALS ON LINE
- MEDAL FRAMES & MEMORABILIA
- IN THE PRESS
- WHAT OTHERS SAY
- CANVAS STRETCHING
- CONTEMPORARY FRAMING
- BUY NOW - GALLERY ON LINE
- INSURANCE CLAIMS
- YOUR KEEPSAKES IN A FRAME
- ART CONSERVATION & RESTORATION
- PERIOD FRAMES RECREATED
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