Bert Levy

Bert Levy – Australia's first global Vaudeville star

Letter from Alwyn to his parents….

The following is an extract from a letter written by Alwyn to his parents Bert & Harriet five days before he was killed. The letter was received after he was buried in London.
Melbourne Jewish Herald Jewish Herald Friday 18 Oct 1918

Below is an extended piece written by Bert which contains the contents of Alwyn’s letter which he wrote just prior to his death.

Jewish Herald Melbourne Friday 18 Oct 1918
Josephus Daniels. Sec of the Navy 1918 and friend of Bert Levy read Alwyn Levy’s letter at the Great Gathering of Ministers in Atlanta in 1918. If you’d like to hear Sec’t Daniels voice from over a 100 years ago, here is a recoding given by him in 1918 part of the Library of Congress Collection. (unfortunately not the address involving Alwyn’s letter) https://www.loc.gov/item/2016655166/

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