Item 8: Concert and fun night

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Peronne, Feuilleres
Accession Number PUBS002/004/001/014/008
Collection number Souvenirs 2 4/1/14/8
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 48.5 x 44.4cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
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 poster for a variety night held during the First World War. This poster advertises a concert and fun night organised by 5 field Company Engineers at 6:45 pm on 14 September 1918. The concert featured local artists and several competitions were organised for the evening. Participants were encouraged to bring their own pencils. The poster was designed by J B Meldrum and is illustrated with a kookaburra and a possum.