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Pat Hanna (born George Patrick Hanna, 18 March 1888 Whitianga, New Zealand; died 24 October 1973〔p.230 Elder, Bruce ''The A to Z of Who is Who in Australia's History'' Child & Associates 1987〕 Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England) was a New Zealand soldier of the First World War who entertained postwar audiences with Digger travelling stage shows and films. ==Biography== Born to an Irish father and an Australian born mother,〔http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=4H14〕 Hanna's talent for art led him to a signwriting apprenticeship and cartooning for a Wellington, New Zealand newspaper. He enlisted at the start of the First World War as a private in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force where he participated in the Occupation of German Samoa.〔Online Australian Dictionary of Biography〕 In 1916 he joined the Otago Regiment where he was sent to Egypt, then France and Belgium. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in December 1916 and was promoted to lieutenant in December 1917.〔 His expertise with hand grenades led him to be appointed a Bombing Officer.〔https://books.google.com/books?id=Mg_w-9pRRCEC&pg=PA8&dq=%22bombing+officer%22&lr=&cd=20#v=onepage&q=%22bombing%20officer%22&f=false〕 Lt Hanna remained in the Army of Occupation following the Armistice becoming Entertainment Officer forming No 1 Entertainment Unit.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19500719&id=eho0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=gLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7022,3339200〕 His orders were to "organise entertainment, lay on laughter unlimited and rollicking relaxation".〔p.40 Fotheringham, William ''Fotheringham's Extraordinary Sporting Pastimes'' 2007 Robson〕 Hanna set up a concert party called "The Diggers" where he was the director, chief writer and performer.〔 The Diggers toured in Germany, France and England. During this time he invented a scaled down version of badminton called "Batinton" that was played with bats on a smaller court. Hanna posed for Jack Cato's photograph ''The Spirit of Anzac''.〔〔http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02591.001〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat Hanna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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