Item 1: Souvenir programme of the 1st Australian Divisional Concert Party

Accession Number PUBS002/004/001/001/001
Collection number Souvenirs 2 4/1/1/1
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 15.7 x 21.5cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made Belgium: Wallonie, Hainaut, Chatelet
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Souvenir program for concert party performances held during the period after the end of the First World War when troops were waiting to return to Australia. This program is for performances by 1 Australian Divisional Concert Party, the Sentimental Blokes, at Chatelet in Belgium from 26 December 1918 to 9 January 1919. The concert featured humour, instrumentals and vocal performances. The back cover of this program features the comment that the Sentimental Blokes are 'open for engagements at the next war'.