Imagism Media Release
For Immediate Release Monday 20th April, 2015 Rosebud World War II Veterans Photographed
The Rosebud Village Glen Retirement Village on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula held their annual Anzac Day Commemorations on Sunday 19th of April. Led by the HMAS Cerberus catafalque party the residents conducted a parade march and Anzac day ceremony at the Clubhouse. In honor of fallen service men and women, more than 6000 knitted poppies were made by the residents and displayed on the adjacent golf course green, while a fly past by the Royal Victorian Aero Club in a southern cross formation was conducted prior to the unveiling of a Gallipoli memorial. As part of the AIPP Reflections Project Paul Cincotta APP M.Photog.I worked in conjunction with the event organisers to photograph surviving second world war veterans. More than 20 veterans were photographed including Flight Lieutenant Keith. J. Stevens, D.F.M., C.V, Cross of Valour, Cross of Merit, Cross of Independence (Poland), Medal of merit, Diploma of Honour (France), DSC Interallied. “Understandably after all his action and at the age of 96, Keith had trouble hearing, so asking him to look at the camera was always going to be a little tricky. However as soon as Keith saw the lens he beamed with the biggest smile and lit up the room.” Paul Said This was Flight Lieutenant Stevens first official engagement since he was recently awarded the Légion d’Honneur (Medal of Honour), France’s highest Military Honour, in a hospital bedside ceremony by the Honourary consul general of France in Melbourne Myriam Boisbouvier-Wylie. External Information Links: http://www.ambafrance-au.org/Ambassador-Lecourtier-decorates http://www.villageglen.com.au http://www.aipp.com.au/about/the-aipp-reflections-project Contact: Imagism Photography Paul Cincotta M.Photog I paul@imagism.com.au 0417 331 477
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