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Embroidery and Australian veterans


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I saw this article a couple of days ago, featuring the story of Albert Biggs MM and his rehabilitation, plus other aspects of rehabilitation for wounded Australian soldiers, but it does not seem to have been picked up here - if it has then blame the search engine for my not finding it!

 

Anyway, here its is: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/25/how-embroidery-therapy-helped-first-world-war-veterans-find-a-common-thread

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Thanks for posting the link. Embroidery was used as "occupational therapy" by the British as well. This one was done by a Rifle Brigade soldier after he was released from a POW camp and repatriated after the war. The odd letter in the battle honours is back to front.

Rifle Brigade  framed embroidery.JPG

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Embroidery by soldiers had a history in the British Army. 

This Victorian Wars Forum topic has some interesting comments and examples of work  by FROGSMILE of this Forum

http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6628&p=27146

 

Cheers

Maureen

 

Edit: Archived link

https://web.archive.org/web/20170428085703/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6628&p=27146 

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