Ōtautau & Districts Soldiers' - WW2 Commemoration Memorabilia, Souvenir Programme
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Ōtautau & Districts Soldiers' - WW2 Commemoration Memorabilia : A small, heavy card, ecru coloured, printed in red lettering, containing a folded programme, of an after WW2 Social and Ball, listing the Roll of Honour and those who lost their lives in this conflict. The text off this programme is copied (quoted) as below: [Front Cover] "SOUVENIR PROGRAMME The 100th Function - Otautau Send-Off and Welcome Home Committee. Re-Union Social and Ball - in honour of all our Servicemen and Servicewomen, Otautau Town Hall, Friday, 17th May, 1946. Otautau Standard Print [in small letters]" [Inside Left] "DANCING TILL 9.30pm * * Social Hour Programme God Save The King Chairman - WJ Wesney, Esq Requiem - Mr MRS Milburn Last Post - Mr M Coulter Pianoforte Duet - Polonaise, Miss R James and Mr J France Duet - Come Sing To Me, Mesdames FR Insall and J Bickley Address - Rev KA Robinson Solo - The Musical Barber, Mr WD McKenzie Instrumental Item - Invercargill March, Mr WR Smart Duet - Just a Prayer Away, Miss Sheila and Mr Alex Campbell Response - Rev HB Burnett Solo with Violin Obligato - The Waters of Minnetonka, Mrs WN Buxton and Mr JF Thomson Part Song - Meeting at Twilight, The Girls Choir Onward Christian Soldiers Supper" [Inside Right] "Dance Programme -*- Waltz First Set Plain Scottische Military Two Step Waltz -*- Extras Palais Glide Alberts Canadian Three Step Highland Scottische Fox Trot Waltz Gypsy Tan Canadian Scottische One Step (Excuse Me) Waltz AULD LANG SYNE" [Back Cover] "ROLL OF HONOUR -*- BONE, Private Gordon D EASON, Private William GOULD, LAC Douglas HOPE, Private Raymond G HARGEST, 2nd Lieut Geoffrey R INSALL, LAC Leonard LOUDEN, Private ET MATHESON, Private Milo McMILLAN, Signaller Robert T McKENZIE, LAC Kenneth C O'BRIEN, Private Vincent PETTITT, FO Ivan A PULLAR, LAC Henry C THOMSON, Private Melville SYMONS, Private Phil KILLED IN NEW ZEALAND *-* BULMAN, LAC Enc PETTITT, Sgt Robert S SHEEDY, Private George This record has been donated to the “Ōtautau - 150 Years" and "Between River & Stream" early history of Ōtautau books by Nancy Ridder, and a copy is kindly gifted by that project to our online community archive so everyone can view it for free. If you or anyone you know has any more photos, information or accounts of any Ōtautau & Districts Soldier's Commemoration Events during the years, or if you have history and/or photographs of the men featured on this card, please do let us know via email or phone, or you can even make a comment in the space provided under the image page here.
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Title
Ōtautau & Districts Soldiers' - WW2 Commemoration Memorabilia, Souvenir Programme
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Maker
Ōtautau Standard Print
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Date made
May 1946
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Subject
Ōtautau, Returned Soldiers & Nurses, War Memorials, WW2 End Celebration, WW2, VE Day WW2, Soldiers, Roll of Honour, Town Hall, Dance
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Digital only image in archive
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