Item 8: Smoking concert

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Salisbury
Accession Number PUBS002/004/001/023/008
Collection number Souvenirs 2 Collection (Concert and Theatre Programs, First World War, 1914-1919) 4/1/23, Souvenirs 2 4/1/23/8
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 23.4 x 17.7cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Salisbury
Date made 1917
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 a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert given by 16 Field Ambulance, 16 Light TMB and 30 Australian Army Service Corp at Fovant Camp Sergeants' Mess, England. The concert was held at 7.30pm on Friday 21 September 1917 with performances including instrumentals, sketches, recitations, comedy acts and vocal performances. The program includes a dinner menu and autographs of soldiers who attended the concert.