The “Anzac Coves” Concert Party in a theatre erected in a French village. Identified from left to ...

Accession Number E01307
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Steenwerck
Date made 23 November 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The “Anzac Coves” Concert Party in a theatre erected in a French village. Identified from left to right, back row: Private (Pte) Fred Reade (light comedian and dancer) of Christchurch, New Zealand; Pte Harry Ross (tenor) of Melbourne; 8728 Pte James Thomas Gibb(monologuist) of Sydney; 2664 Pte Leslie Herbert Williams (bass) of Adelaide; 264 Sergeant Jack Leslie Davey (baritone) of Horsham, Victoria; and 6313 Pte Frank Harold Crossley (comedian and raconteur) of Melbourne.
Front row: 1992 Lance Corporal Harold Frederick Shaw (comedian) of Sydney; 662 Pte Hector Arthur Roberts (comedienne) of Sydney; 1955 Pte Hugh Gannon; (ragtime and light comedian) of Sydney; and 4027 Driver Frank James Donovan (pianist) of Melbourne.

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