James George Tedder collection of Boer War and World War I photographs and ephemera [1890s - ca. 1918]

PXE 1775

fonds

[1890s - ca. 1918]

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records

9621339

39 photographs and textual material

James George Tedder was born in London in 1862 and came to Australia in 1880. After entering the service of the Postmaster-General, Tedder served in the South African War with the 2nd Mounted Rifles, and was three times mentioned in despatches. When war broke out
in 1914 he joined the divisional train of the Army Service Corps and achieved the rank of Colonel.

Reference:
(12 January 1931). Colonel James Tedder. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 14.

A collection of 39 photographs from the Boer War and World War One and 2 pamphlets regarding the Boer War, from the collection of James George Tedder (1862-1931).

Item 01. Army officers (including Australians) seated in front of an automobile, ca. 1914-1918.
Item 02. J. G. Tedder rt front, London? 1918? (postcard) / Fielder, Warminster
Item 03. G. A. Wood, 3rd Engs. and dog, SS. Benalla, ca. 1914-1918.
Item 04. J. G. Tedder in backyard
Item 05. King’s Review of 30,000 A.I.F. at Bulford Fields, England. Major General Sir Newton Moore KCMG CMG in charge, 1916 or 1917 / Gale & Polden Ltd Photographers, Aldershot
Item 06. King’s Review, 1916 or 1917 / Gale & Polden Ltd Photographers, Aldershot
Item 07. Group portrait of A.I.F. unit in hangar (postcard) ca. 1914-1918
Item 08. Postcard portrait of Australian soldier / Brown Studios, Sydney. On verso: ‘249432 Tedder 10/2 – 6’.
Item 09. ‘Mr N. Holmes, Marconi operator, SS. Benalla’, ca. 1914-1918.
Item 10. Portrait of eleven officers at the ‘Albury area officers camp, 1910’. Lower half of photograph is missing.
Item 11. Postcard, ‘Area Officer’s Camp, Albury. After the day’s work is done’, 1910 / Crown Studios, Sydney.
Item 12. Postcard of troops onboard ship, ca. 1914-1918.
Item 13. Postcard of troops onboard ship, ca. 1914-1918. A blue X has been drawn in ink to identify J. G. Tedder.
Item 14. Postcard portrait of a soldier on a horse, 21 November 1916 / Guilleminot Boespflug et C., Paris. Inscribed on verso: ‘Some Ass, France, 21/11/16, G. Martin’
Item 15. Portrait of twenty officers ca. 1914-1918 / Bassano, 75 Old Bond Street. Inscribed on verso: ‘Major J. G. Tedder’ and ‘50120-5a’. Two crosses have been drawn on image to identify Major Tedder.
Item 16. Mounted studio portrait of Henry Falding McCrea, 20 June 1917 / T. B. Latchman, Hitchin. Inscribed: ‘Yours faithfully, Henry F. McCrea, 20/06/17’.
Item 17. Three officers standing on steps, ca. 1914-1918.
Item 18. Mounted group portrait of officers. Inscribed on verso: ‘Col. J. G. Tedder on right’.
Item 19. Boer War portrait of soldiers / Davies & Co., 26 Phillip St, Newtown.
Item 20. Studio portrait of C. M. B. Martin, February 1917. Inscribed on front: ‘Yours sincerely, C.M.B Markin, R.F.C’ and on verso: ‘Colonel Tedder, with kind regards C.M.B Markin, Feby 1917’.
Item 21. Mounted print of painting of HMAT A19 ‘Afric’ / Geyer Studios Oxford Street, Sydney. Inscribed at head of mount, ‘No. 2 Company Army Service Corps’, and signed by members of the Company, ca. 1914.
Item 22. ‘Photo of ‘Presentation by women & children of Britain to the ANZACS of a silken union jack & silver shield’, ca. 1915 or 1916.
Item 23. Studio portrait of Colonel J. G. Tedder with medals, in presentation folder / Hall Studios, 44 Hunter Street, Sydney
Item 24. Lieutenant Thompson [and] Lieutenant & Honorary Captain J. G. Tedder – Per Cavalry Unit, Victoria Barracks, Sydney NSW – 1900’ / Grouzelle, 308 George Street, Sydney.
Item 25. Sir Newton James Moore and the Honourable Andrew Fisher, ca. 1916
Item 26. Sir Newton James Moore and the Honourable Andrew Fisher, ca. 1916 [Duplicate].
Item 27. Postcard portrait of Cornelius Frederick Christie, 25 October 1916 / Wise & Co., Studio, N. Tidworth, Hants. Inscribed: ‘Sincerely yours C. F. Christie 25/10/16’.
Item 28. Studio portrait in presentation folder of Frederick Faulkener Fairthorne, inscribed ‘To Colonel Tedder with many grateful remembrances, F. F. Fairthorne, March 1917’/ Wykeham, 165 Victoria Street, S.W. and branches.
Item 29. King George V shaking Australian soldier’s hand, ca. 1914-1918 / Gale & Polden Ltd Photographers, Aldershot.
Item 30. Boer War mounted portrait of ten officers in front of tent / Nagel & Co, 83 Enmore Rd. Newtown, Sydney. Signed on verso ‘J. G. Tedder’.
Item 31 Mounted portrait of full assembly, ca. 1914-1918 / Darge, the Photographer. Right side of photograph has been torn off.
Item 32. ‘Amabile Schembri’, 1901
Item 33. Boer War portrait of two soldiers / Jos. Bowers, Pretoria
Item 34. ‘Yours very sincerely J. G. Tedder (one of the old birds), South Africa, 1901 & 2’ / The Crown Studios, Copy Vice-Regal Photographers. Subjects identified on verso as: Captain Harold McIntosh (left), Captain Charles Lydiard (seated), J. G. Tedder (right).
Item 35. Boer War postcard of three colonels, one with pipe.
Item 36. Boer War postcard of group dining in front of an automobile.
Item 37. Boer War portrait of seventeen officers in front of tent.
Item 38. Boer War portrait onboard SS Cornwall with life-ring, ‘Cornwall, London’.
Item 39. Boer War portrait of soldiers outside a weatherboard structure.
Item 40. ‘With the Season’s Greetings’ mounted photograph of three Boer War soldiers with horses.
Item 41. Booklet: ‘Nominal role of 2nd Regiment `Imperial´ Mounted Rifles organised for service in South Africa’. Six-page printed booklet.
Item 42. Pamphlet: ‘South African War Memorial’ / Council of the South African Soldiers’ Association, Sydney. Pamphlet for proposed Boer War memorial on Church Hill, Sydney.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955

Images titled by cataloguer using information from donor.