Philippe Perrottet

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1. Birth
   Philippe Louis Gaston Perrottet was born on 29 November 1921 in Kew, Victoria, Australia to Muriel Mary Addey Wilson, age 29, and George David Perrottet, age 31.
   His sister Estelle Frances Beatrice was born on 3 July 1924 in Melbourne, Victoria, when Philippe Louis Gaston was 2 years old.
   Estelle Frances Beatrice Perrottet (Winkler)
   1924–2007

   3 SEP 1939 AGE 17
   Serving in the Australian Military during World War II
   Philippe Louis Gaston Perrottet served in the Australian military during World War II. Name: Philippe Louis Gaston Perrottet, Birth Date 29/11/192, Birth Place Kew Victoria, Year range 1939 – 1948, Enlistment Place Melbourne, Service Number 53434 Next of Kin Patricia Perrottet, Series Description A9301: RAAF, NCOs and Other Ranks

   8 FEB 1941 AGE 20 Marriage
   Philippe Louis Gaston Perrottet married Patricia Elizabeth Dowie in Victoria in 1941 when he was 20 years old.
   Patricia Elizabeth Dowie
   1918–2003

   1946
   Philippe was a Ballet Dancer dancing with the Australian Ballet Society partnering Rachel Carson.
   Mr Philippe Perrottet, an ex-
   perienced dancer who has
   studied with such notable
   ballet masters as Anton Dolin,
   Edvard Borovansky, and
   Thadee Slavinsky, and per-
   formed with Colonel de Basil’s
   Russian Ballet while it was in
   Australia. Four years’ service
   in the RAAF during the war
   kept bim off the boards, but on
   his discharge from the Air
   Force he welcomed the oppor-
   tunity to join the new company,
   for which he dances, instructs,
   devises ballets, and even, de-
   signs decors and costumes.
   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22387938/1676903
   “NEW AUSTRALIAN
   BALLET
   Music, decor and dance – were
   blended well when the Australian
   Ballet , Society- opened its short
   season last night in the ‘ Union
   Theatre. , ‘
   A new Australian ballet, The
   Three Lemons, was the most
   outstanding/ The music for the
   ballet was written by John Tal-
   lis, choreography, by ‘ Philippe
   Perrottet; .and decor: by Walter
   Beaumont; –
   Philippe Perrottet pleased witli
   his skilled /and “sympathetic per
   formance. Rachel Cameron, as
   sistant ballet producer and lead
   ing ballerina, was also outstand
   ing. ‘Anne Palmer danced with
   grace and assurance, and excelled
   in ‘ her Interpretation of Spring
   in the Three Lemons. Other mem
   bers -of the ballet included Rob
   ert Harvey, Helen George and
   Vera ‘ Windas.”
   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204946188?searchTerm=Philippe%20Perrottet&searchLimits=

   Port of Departure: Sydney, Australia Arrival Date: 26 Apr 1947 Port of Arrival: Southampton, England Ports of Voyage: Sydney; Melbourne; Fremantle; Bombay and Port Said Official Number 148146 Ship Name: Asturias Shipping Line: Roy

   Arrival
   26 Apr 1947 • Southampton, England, AGE 25

   Residence
   13 NOV 1949 • 4 Harrington Gardens, Kensington, England
   13 NOV

   Departure
   13 Nov 1951 • Southampton, England

   His mother Muriel Mary passed away on 6 March 1969 in Maroochydore, Queensland, at the age of 76.
   Muriel Mary Addey Wilson AKA Lazarus
   1892–1969
   Death of Father
   His father George David passed away on 24 August 1971 in Waratah, New South Wales at the age of 81.
   George David Perrottet
   1890–1971

   Death
   Philippe Louis Gaston Perrottet died on 6 November 1982 in Roma, Roma, Italy, when he was 60 years old.

   Probate 18 Mar 1983 • London
   Address: Flat 1 Mali Court, 20A Paddington Street, London W1, UK

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   1. Many thanks for the interesting email.

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