Monthly Archives: April 2015

This afternoon I ventured into Pheasant Wood.  It is in this place that 250 Australian Soldiers were buried and lay unidentified until 2009. Then an Aussie school teacher decided to do some research and found the grave site.  After much … Continue reading →

Bonjour dear friends  Today thanks to the kindness of Jean Pierre I have some photos of me playing with clay.  Jean Pierre has been helping me with materials  More later my friends   Debby  

I was up early this morning and probably so was the rest of the village because I managed to set the alarm to the building off not once but twice – Oh dear. I think I have it sorted now. … Continue reading →

It was an early start.  I was up at 1:30 am (in the morning) to go Villes Bretonneau for the ANZAC Dawn Service.  What an emotionally stunning service.  I only have the one picture because it was raining and there were … Continue reading →

A big hello to the scouts from Bayview NSW http://bayviewseascouts.com/index.htm who were at the Pheasant Wood ANZAC ceremony and the students from Perth Australia who participated in the ceremony.   This hat belonged to the son of a man who … Continue reading →

I spent an inspiring day going to three different services in Fromelles to commemorate ANZAC Day. First was at the “Don’t Forget Me Cobber” Statute at the Cobbers Memorial.  On 19 July 1916 so many of our soldiers died and were buried … Continue reading →

For my first few days I stayed with Monique and Gerard.  They were so kind to me and I felt very much at home.  Monique is the author of her own book on Fromelles and I was inspired by 2 … Continue reading →

This is my new studio for the next few weeks. Set in a small village in Northern France I have the unique opportunity to work with local inhabitants and forge new friendships between our two communities. I also met some lovely Aussies … Continue reading →

“Once Lost Never Forgotten” is a seven week project in Fromelles France. The Project takes inspiration from the battle of Fromelles and the efforts to identify some of the 5500 men who lost their lives in 24 hours on 26 … Continue reading →