The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A sketch of the audience at a concert at which Gracie Fields, a celebrated London variety artist, appeared. Miss Fields was touring the battle areas in the South West Pacific with other artists entertaining the troops, Balikpapan, Borneo.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-26. MISS GRACIE FIELDS ON STAGE DURING A CONCERT BY THE GRACIE FIELDS CONCERT PARTY IN THE NEW KOOKABURRA AMPHITHEATRE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 10,000 TROOPS.
On arrival at Wewak airstrip from Madang, where she had given a concert the previous day, Miss Fields and her party were mobbed by diggers who had come down to the strip to catch a glimpse of them. Sh
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-26. HANK HENDERSON (1) AND RON HOWELL (2) MEMBERS OF 7TH DIVISION, IN A COMEDY SKETCH DURING THE CONCERT STAGED BY THE GRACIE FIELDS CONCERT PARTY IN THE NEW KOOKABURRA AMP
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-26. VIC SAYER, VOCALIST, 7TH DIVISION, SINGING DURING THE CONCERT STAGED BY THE GRACIE FIELDS CONCERT PARTY IN THE NEW KOOKABURRA AMPHITHEATRE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF APPROXI
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-26. MAJOR GENERAL E. J. MILFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 7TH DIVISION, GAVE A DINNER FOR MISS GRACIE FIELDS AND MEMBERS OF HER CONCERT PARTY. SHOWN, MISS GRACIE FIELDS M
Morotai, Netherlands East Indies. 1945-08-29. Miss Gracie Fields, English singer/comedienne, on stage entertaining Allied troops at the Boomerang Theatre during a concert party arranged by the Austral
