31st Oct 1944 – Organised and trained by Miss M. McCauley, a WAAAF choir in costume, and with the necessary male voices on stage for this Russian item, rendered excerpts from “Balalaika”. The appearance was at the 3rd RAAF/WAAAF Handicraft Exhibition held at the RAAF Recreation Centre on The Strand on the 1st & 2nd Nov 1944. Miss McCauley, formerly on the ABC staff, was assistant to Captain E. Curtis, Salvation Army Welfare worker attached to WAAAF Units at Townsville.
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