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Born: Established: ca. 1917 Middle East, Asia, ; Died: Ceased: ca. 1918
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The No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, was based in the Middle East at Ramla, Palestine (now Israel). Although little is known about this troupe, the Australian War Memorial holds several programs for concerts staged in 1918. These were presented in association with the A.F.C. Orchestra. The shows typically comprised a first half of miscellaneous items and a second half musical comedy.

Performers identified to date are: G. Hampton (music director), Lieut. Smith, R.J. Howie, Corporals Luxton, W. Taylor, and N. Clutterbuck; and Aircraft Mechanics J. Gilberg, J. Dagwell, G. Faulkner, C. Dawes (also stage manager), R. McGibbon, W. Shiers, and H. Lander.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

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Notes

  • This entry has been sourced from research undertaken by Dr Clay Djubal into Australian-written popular music theatre (ca. 1850-1930).

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