World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Concert parties

Date
[ca 1942-1943]
Reference
PAColl-4161-01-205
Description

Several captioned photographs of the Kiwi Concert Party: Sgt W Prictor and P Jay (female impersonators) in a review staged on the eve of the 8th Army offensive, Dec 1942; three singers (M Double, I Hanna & J Reed); Kiwi Revue in Italy; Awatea Maori Choir at the British Forces Station, Bari (named on back); scene during the New Zealanders Desert Christmas celebrations, 1942; four members of the staff of the British Forces Station, Bari; Maori concert party; group of women performers in evening gowns, and several unidentified photos.

Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

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New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / World War, 1939-1945. Photographs
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14 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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Female impersonators, Wally Prictor and P Jay

Date: December 1942

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-205-08

Description: Sergeant Wally Prictor (left) and P.Jay, female impersonators with the New Zealand Army's Kiwi Concert Party, in the Middle East. Photographed by an official war photographer in December 1942. This photograph was taken at the time of a Kiwi Concert Party review staged in the Western Desert on the eve of the 8th Army Offensive. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12.7 x 11 cm.