Media Release  Opening of the exhibition about Australians who served with Serbs in World War One and/or  were decorated by Serbia for service in that war 

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Media Release 

Opening of the exhibition about Australians who served with Serbs in World War One and/or  were decorated by Serbia for service in that war 

Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 11 am -2 pm Friday 20th May 2022 

The Serbian Ambassador, HE Rade Stefanović will open an exhibition about Australians who  served with Serbs in World War One at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, at 11 am  on Friday 20th May 2022. Two descendants of Victorians who served in Serbia and a  historian will speak at the opening of this exhibition. The two Victorians whose service is  being commemorated as an example of the service of some 1,500 Australians and New  Zealanders who served in Serbia are: Edward Ramage, from Violet Town, who served in  Serbia as part of an AIF unit and Ethel Gillingham, from Geelong, who served in Serbia as a  Nursing Sister. 

The exhibition, and sister exhibitions in South Australia and Queensland, display personal  memorabilia from Australians who served with the Serbs. 

The exhibition also features a temporary showing of artworks, objects and medals not  previously displayed in Australia. Wartime sketches and paintings from Serbian and English  artists, lithographs and posters from the war by prominent French artists, photographs by  Serbian wartime photographers and intricate Serbian decorations awarded to Australians  are on display. 

The artworks are displayed in a comprehensive Exhibition Guide that is a record of the  service of these Australians and the history of the Great War in Serbia. 

Items on temporary display are only available for viewing on Friday 20th May 2022. The  longer-term exhibit, however, will be part of the Shrine display for an indefinite period. 

Attached are links to background information about the service of Australians with Serbs in  World War One. 

People wishing to attend the opening and to view the temporary exhibition on  Friday 20th May 2022, should contact the Australian Serbian Cultural Foundation in  order to register as guests: 

info@ascf.org.au 

Media enquiries: please contact Mr Bojan Pajić on 0413 707 453 

   The author, Stella Miles Franklin, with Serbian orderlies in World War One

Links to information on the service of Australians with  Serbs in World War One: 

Link to RSL Queensland article -Our Forgotten Volunteers: 

https://rslqld.org/news/latest-news/our-forgotten-volunteers 

Link to the Australian War Memorial website presentation on Australians with Serbs in World War One: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/AustraliaandNZSerbianfront 

Links to Department of Veterans Affairs website presentation on the Serbian Front for school students: Australians on the Serbian Front: 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/where-australians-served/serbian-campaign Biographies of some Australians who served on the Serbian Front: 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/biographies/christine-erica-strom-bonwick 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/biographies/mary-katherine-molly-coleman 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/biographies/elsie-jean-dalyell 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/biographies/stella-maria-sarah-miles-franklin 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/biographies/mary-clementina-de-garis 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/biographies/edmund-francis-ned-herring 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/biographies/laura-margaret-fowler-hope 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/biographies/olive-may-kelso-king 

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/biographies/doris-ethel-sexton 

Links to books by Bojan Pajic on Australians and New Zealanders who served with Serbs in World War One: https://www.amazon.com/Serbian-Decorations-Through-History-Australians/dp/0994571712 https://scholarly.info/book/our-forgotten-volunteers-australians-and-new-zealanders-with-serbs-in-world-war-one/ Book Review link 

https://www.mhhv.org.au/our-forgotten-volunteers-australians-and-new-zealanders-with-serbs-in-world-war-one by-bojan-pajic-book-review/ 

Book launch of “Our Forgotten Volunteers-Australians and New Zealanders with Serbs in World War One.” Speech  by Emeritus Professor David Horner.  

o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdQ8zhj5VQY

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