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The Australian Dandies The Australian Dandies i(7769914 works by) (Organisation) assertion (a.k.a. Australian General Base Depot Concert Party [1])
Born: Established: ca. 1918 Le Havre,
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France,
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1919
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Little is known about this WWI concert party apart from it having staged shows at the Australian General Base Depot at Le Havre, France. Comments made in the Depot’s War Diary for November and December 1918 indicates that the troupe produced “splendid shows” at the Lismore Cinema for about 2,000 soldiers every Saturday evening during that time (ctd. Australian War Memorial, Item No 33/4/13).

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

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Notes

  • This entry has been sourced from research undertaken by Dr Clay Djubal into Australian-written popular music theatre (ca. 1850-1930).

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