Popular English wartime singer Gracie Fields sings at the Boomerang Club, 14 September 1943. Singing to an audience of largely Australian airmen, she finished her concert with a rousing rendition of 'Waltzing Matilda'. Fields returned to the Boomerang in January 1945 and gave an afternoon concert on the eve of her departure for a tour of Australia, where she sang to Australian troops in Borneo among other places. As she was cheered by the airmen she spoke of how she was 'full of injections' for the trip and cried because she was leaving Britain. 'Boys, you love me, I love you, and that is summat' she told them. ['Gracie Fields Sings to Troops', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill), 16 September 1943; 'Gracie Fields wants to see a sheep station', The Australian Women's Weekly, 20 January 1945; AWM UK0520]
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