More than a luxury: Australian soldiers as entertainers and audiences in the First World War

Laugesen, Amanda

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More than a luxury: Australian soldiers as entertainers and audiences in the First World War

Date

2013

Authors

Laugesen, Amanda

Publisher

Maney Publishing

Abstract

In 1918, Aussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazine, a trench newspaper produced on theWestern Front, commented that concert parties were 'something more than a luxury-they are a necessity' (Aussie 8 March 1918: 4). For soldiers of the British, American, a