Comments on: Roll of Honour Photographs http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Su Strafford http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-887 Su Strafford Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:42:41 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-887 At the AWM you will find over 2000 photographs of Gallipoli by my great Uncle Phillip Schuler. He was a journalist with The Age newspaper in Melbourne - his father, my great Grandfather, was the editor - but later joined the AIF [ service no 10926, 3rd Div Train] and was killed in France in 1917. His legacy was a book called 'Australia in Arms', published in 1916. We believe that he was engaged to an English widow. We do not know her name, but she had two young boys, and was in Cairo for some time. It is said that she had a memorial placed in a church in Cairo when he died. If there is anyone who has seen this memorial or who might be related to this woman, i would love to hear from you. Hoping there is someone who can help, Su At the AWM you will find over 2000 photographs of Gallipoli by my great Uncle Phillip Schuler. He was a journalist with The Age newspaper in Melbourne - his father, my great Grandfather, was the editor - but later joined the AIF [ service no 10926, 3rd Div Train] and was killed in France in 1917. His legacy was a book called ‘Australia in Arms’, published in 1916.
We believe that he was engaged to an English widow. We do not know her name, but she had two young boys, and was in Cairo for some time. It is said that she had a memorial placed in a church in Cairo when he died. If there is anyone who has seen this memorial or who might be related to this woman, i would love to hear from you.
Hoping there is someone who can help,
Su

]]> By: Philip Blackwell http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-852 Philip Blackwell Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:48:08 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-852 If D. Feore reads this, I have a large portrait of your relative 'Charles Leslie Feore' which you may be interested in. It would go well with the photo you recently donated. If D. Feore reads this, I have a large portrait of your relative ‘Charles Leslie Feore’ which you may be interested in. It would go well with the photo you recently donated.

]]> By: Chris Henderson http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-847 Chris Henderson Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:48 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-847 Hi, This information is from the "Great War Forum": During recent renovations at a shop in Sevenoaks (Kent, UK) close to 500 glass plate negatives were discovered holed up in an old fireplace. The shop was once one of the photographic studios of the Essenhigh-Corke family. The collection has been bought by The Centre for Kentish Studies (Kent archives) and is currently being digitized for an exhibition later this summer. My name is Jonathan Barker, I work at the Kent archives and I'm the lucky person who's scanning this collection. As Kent is the county closest to France it hosted many staging camps. We are assuming there was one near Sevenoaks, as so far I've identified close to fifty different regiments, including Canadian, New Zealand and Australian troops. Whilst many of the badges were fairly easy to identify, some are a bit vague, so I'm asking for your help. Over the coming weeks I'll be posting lots of the photographs for you to confirm my deductions or ridicule my amateurish assumptions! The names given with each image were written on the glass plate itself, presumably the person in the photograph, but not necessarily. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=101882 I have made a post at the forum suggesting the Kent Archives may want to contact the Curator of Photographs. cheers, Chris Hi,

This information is from the “Great War Forum”:

During recent renovations at a shop in Sevenoaks (Kent, UK) close to 500 glass plate negatives were discovered holed up in an old fireplace. The shop was once one of the photographic studios of the Essenhigh-Corke family. The collection has been bought by The Centre for Kentish Studies (Kent archives) and is currently being digitized for an exhibition later this summer.

My name is Jonathan Barker, I work at the Kent archives and I’m the lucky person who’s scanning this collection. As Kent is the county closest to France it hosted many staging camps. We are assuming there was one near Sevenoaks, as so far I’ve identified close to fifty different regiments, including Canadian, New Zealand and Australian troops. Whilst many of the badges were fairly easy to identify, some are a bit vague, so I’m asking for your help.

Over the coming weeks I’ll be posting lots of the photographs for you to confirm my deductions or ridicule my amateurish assumptions! The names given with each image were written on the glass plate itself, presumably the person in the photograph, but not necessarily.

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=101882

I have made a post at the forum suggesting the Kent Archives may want to contact the Curator of Photographs.

cheers,
Chris

]]> By: Sharon Jarman http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-823 Sharon Jarman Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:36:15 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-823 Whle researching my husbands famity tree, we came across 3 members who died in WW1. Henry Jarman was killed on 16-4-1918 & is buried at the Riebmont Cimmunal Cemetery Extension. His brother Sydney Jarman died on 12.10.1917 at Passchendale & is buried at the Poelcapelle British Cemetery. Wentworth East died 7-6-1917 at Messives Ridge & he is listed on the Menin Gate. All this information came from the the AWM. My husband & I were lucky enough to visit all 3 resting places of these courageous young men in 2005. At the site of the Jarman brothers were photos placed 1 month before we arrived by ERIC DEW-their Great nephew. It was wonderful to know that after all these years they were not forgotten. I photographed these photos & will send them on however if ERIC DEW could be contacted he would have better ones. Whle researching my husbands famity tree, we came across 3 members who died in WW1. Henry Jarman was killed on 16-4-1918 & is buried at the Riebmont Cimmunal Cemetery Extension. His brother Sydney Jarman died on 12.10.1917 at Passchendale & is buried at the Poelcapelle British Cemetery. Wentworth East died 7-6-1917 at Messives Ridge & he is listed on the Menin Gate. All this information came from the the AWM.

My husband & I were lucky enough to visit all 3 resting places of these courageous young men in 2005. At the site of the Jarman brothers were photos placed 1 month before we arrived by ERIC DEW-their Great nephew. It was wonderful to know that after all these years they were not forgotten.

I photographed these photos & will send them on however if ERIC DEW could be contacted he would have better ones.

]]> By: Peta McGinley http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-802 Peta McGinley Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:18:13 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/04/14/roll-of-honour-photographs/#comment-802 Hello if the relatives (from his brother Charles) of Arthur Frederic TURNBULL died August 1918, read this, I am going to France to photograph his grave in September and would love to contact them. Arthur and Charles were my grandmother,Edith Selma Kerr's, cousins. Hello if the relatives (from his brother Charles) of Arthur Frederic TURNBULL died August 1918, read this, I am going to France to photograph his grave in September and would love to contact them. Arthur and Charles were my grandmother,Edith Selma Kerr’s, cousins.

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