How often have you wished someone could take that old and tattered family photo and restore it to its former glory? Well, recently I've met up with a very talented Aussie Sterry artist who can do some very magical things with family photos. So I thought I'd share them via this blog.
The Field Artillery of course often worked with horses in WW1; hence the whip and riding boots.
He enlisted in 1914, then aged 28, and was sent to France. He was reported wounded and missing in action in May 1918. He survived and was sent to a Prisoner of War Camp in Germany in July the same year. He finally returned home and was demobilised at Woolwich in 1920.
Harry Sterry was a bombardier in 'B' Battery, 95th Brigade R.F.A.[Royal Regiment of Artillery], British Expeditionary Force.
The original of the same photo of Harry Sterry is shown below. Our Aussie artist has colorised the black and white photo and then, to add context, he's added a WWI horse drawn gun carriage in the background.
