SHOOTING IN THE LYCEUM THEATRE
GEORGE STREET, BRISBANE
ON 19 AUGUST 1942

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On the night of 19 August 1942 an American Provost called Leon Begay walked into the Lyceum Theatre in George Street, Brisbane and shot a young woman called Gwendoline Lloyd in her dressing room. Begay then turned the weapon on himself. Fortunately Miss Lloyd survived the attack.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I'd like to thank Barry Ralph for the above information. Barry is the author of an excellent book on World War 2 in Australia called "They Passed This Way".

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

This page first produced 2 December 2000

This page last updated 03 April 2002