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Fullard and his wife Helen
Dorothy Margaret Fullard, née Coleman (born c. 1917), divorced in February 1948 after she left him for mutual friend Emil Landau in Hong Kong. He then made a "farewell tour" series of concerts, which included the Crystal Theatre, Broken Hill,
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and appointed sub-lieutenant. He was promoted lieutenant in
January 1943. In 1942 their residence was Crick Avenue, Darlinghurst; in 1948 "Macleay Regis" (apartments), Potts Point. He appeared, Navy duties permitting, on the
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Philharmonic Society, which had experienced a downturn in numbers. In later years, though still an active performer, he served as adjudicator at the
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on 16 March 1940, and was well received, Fullard being called back for two encores of "Take a Pair of
Sparkling Eyes", a song he learned to sing in the
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September 1942 to January 1949 in the weekly programmes "Calling the Stars" and the "Cashmere Bouquet Show". He reprised his role in
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In most reports she was named Helen, but Navy records had her name, in his handwriting, as Anne
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Fullard was active in promoting opera and performance of the classical repertoire. In 1945 he gave a concert in
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and her husband, and fellow members of the Garden Club. On 7 September 1942 he enlisted with the
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Sometime around 1955 he returned to
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Australia between 1940 and 1955.
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in August 1950 and by plane to Sydney; he married Mrs
Barbara Levy, née Smart, of
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113:. He might have sung the title role in Handel's
231:In 1940 the Fullards were near neighbours to
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1012:20th-century Australian male opera singers
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