Cathy Wayne
Cathy Wayne | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Catherine Anne Warnes |
Born | Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia | 7 December 1949
Died | 20 July 1969 Da Nang, South Vietnam | (aged 19)
Genres | pop, rock |
Occupation(s) | singer, dancer |
Years active | 1965–1969 |
Catherine Anne Warnes (7 December 1949 – 20 July 1969), professionally Cathy Wayne, was an Australian singer and dancer, who was killed during a tour of Vietnam at a United States Marine Base where she was hosting with others a music concert to entertain the troops during the Vietnam War conflict.[1][2][3][4] Wayne had just finished a song at a Non-commissioned officer's club near Da Nang in South Vietnam[2][3] Wayne was hit by a bullet fired from a .22 pistol, fitted with a silencer, which had been stolen at the base.[5] Wayne was the first Australian woman killed during the Vietnam War.[1][2]
Sergeant James Wayne Killen was originally convicted of the unpremeditated murder of Wayne; at his first
Biography
Cathy Wayne was born as Catherine Anne Warnes on 7 December 1949 in
Although under legal drinking age, Wayne performed in licensed clubs around Sydney, and also recorded advertising jingles. She recorded singles, although these failed to enter the charts.[1][2] However concert tours along the east coast of Australia, headlined by Joye, led to her being asked on her first tour of South Vietnam at the age of 17, in early 1967, to entertain troops stationed there during the Vietnam conflict.[1][2] This tour was sanctioned by the Australian Forces Advisory Committee on Entertainment.[1] Wayne was presented as a modette version of fellow Bandstand regular Little Pattie.[3] Upon return to Australia, Wayne continued her appearances on Bandstand and touring with Joye.[1]
In mid-1969, Sweethearts on Parade, an Australian
The tour agent was Ingrid Hart,[1][4] who recalled that "[Wayne] wanted to be there with her boyfriend, they were going to get some money together and get married".[4] On 20 July 1969, Sweethearts on Parade were performing for about 75 US Marines at a Non-commissioned officer's club 7 km (4 mi) south-east of Da Nang in South Vietnam.[2][3] At about 9:15 p.m., Wayne had just finished a song and was waiting to introduce her fellow performers when she was hit in the chest by a bullet fired from a .22 pistol, fitted with a silencer, which had been stolen at the base.[1][2][3][5] Wayne died almost instantly as the bullet severed her aorta.[2] In Entertaining Vietnam, a 2003 documentary directed and produced by Mara Wallis,[7] Taylor was interviewed on the events of Wayne's death as footage of a Sweethearts on Parade performance was shown (see screenshot at left).[7] Taylor recalled that he was sitting about a metre (three feet) behind Wayne and that Cavanagh had stepped forward to cradle his fiancée when she slumped to the floor.[2][6][7]
At his first
References
- General
- Owen, J. D. (9 October 2014). Murder on Stage (1st ed.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-50274-853-9.
- Specific
- ^ Melbourne University Press. p. 496. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Digital copy of item with barcode 11531717 – File No.: 62/2/3/2 – Subject: Catherine A. Warnes". National Archives of Australia. pp. 1–125. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7333-0750-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-86824-490-7. Retrieved 21 February 2009. NOTE: On-line version has limited access.
- ^ a b c d e Green, Shane (18 April 2015). "Who shot Cathy Wayne? The mystery of the first Australian woman killed in Vietnam". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Taylor, Jimmy. "The Jimmy Taylor Story Part 2". Jimmy Taylor. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ^ a b c "Entertaining Vietnam – A film by Mara Wallis". Entertaining Vietnam. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ISBN 9781494297602.
- ^ ISSN 1838-6377. Archived from the original(PDF) on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2019.