Summary
Souvenir menu for a 25-course WAGS dinner, with details of the evening and a large number of autographs on the back cover, spilling onto the inside back cover.
The menu belonged to Graham Stewart Conning. Conning enlisted in the RAAF in January, 1942. He was born in Richmond Victoria in 1919 and was living in Coburg before enlisting. Conning became a Lieutenant and was discharged from service in October 1945.
Description of Content
25 COURSE DINNER MENU WITH LIST OF COURSE MEMBERS AND AUTOGRAPHS.WORLD WAR II.
Physical Description
An eight page single-fold menu, single staple in spine, in orange-brown card. Printed and bearing handwritten signatures. Inside pages are pink.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs M. C. Conning, 27 Jun 1986
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Place Depicted
No.2 Wireless Air Gunner School, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 1942
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Original Owner
Flight Lieutenant Graham Stewart Conning - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 28 Hanby Street, Brighton, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 02 Oct 1942
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Individuals Identified
NO.2 WIRELESS AIR GUNNER SCHOOL
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Inscriptions
Front cover: SOUVENIR 25 Course WAGS DINNER In the centre of the front cover is an ilustration of an octopus complteing many army related tasks at once. Underneath this illustration is the following poem: The W.A.G. as busy bee is he, He never has a moment free, What a boon for him 'twould be, If octopus "from out the sea," Could do his job of "tapping key. Friday, October 2, 1942 at P.P.P. Dance Hall PARKES Handwritten in the top right corner is the name G Conning. Inside the front cover: 25 Course Dinner Administration Committee page 2: Members of 25 Course
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Overall Dimensions - Folded
15.3 cm (Width), 24.8 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Military Memorabilia, World War II, 1939-1945, Cartoons, Humour
