Item 37: Officers Mess dinner. At sea, July 17th. Farewell programme.

Accession Number PUBS002/001/001/002/037
Collection number Souvenirs 2 1/1/2/37
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 8.9 x 14cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made At sea
Date made c.1914-1920
Conflict Period 1920-1929
First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Souvenir program related to concerts held aboard troopships during the First World War and afterwards when troops were returning to Australia. This program is for a performance by the Marathon Symphony Orchestra aboard HMT Marathon on 17 July, year unknown. The concert was given during the Officers' Mess dinner. The program features a quote from Antony and Cleopatra and is printed on a YMCA postcard.