CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" GRAMOPHONE AND A COLLECTION OF RECORDS USED IN ...

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Accession Number 069801
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" GRAMOPHONE AND A COLLECTION OF RECORDS USED IN TOBRUK AND OTHER THEATRES OF WAR BY BRIGADIER A.W. MCILVEEN, SALVATION ARMY. FOR SEVEN MONTHS DURING THE SIEGE OF TOBRUK, THIS GRAMOPHONE WAS USED TO ENTERTAIN THOUSANDS OF ALLIED TROOPS AS WELL AS GERMAN AND ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR. AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ACCESSION NO. 38722.