Talk:Buster Fiddess

Not the same person

One Les Fiddess, was Foley walker in the low-budget charmer You, Me and Uncle Bob (1993). Doug butler (talk) 08:50, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Another Les Fiddes is already mentioned in the article in note b: "Les Fiddes, crooner". This radio individual may be Leslie Edward Fiddes an English-born "radio announcer", who had married in 1935, became a soldier during WW2 and was court-martialled for being absent without leave. (see National Archives of Australia entries at Items listing) He was also divorced in 1944 for adultery. (see news report here).Didier Landner (talk) 00:38, 28 August 2026 (UTC)07:37, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

@Doug butler:: Consider deleting the whole note b? The similarity in name is not sufficient to support the conjecture that this could be the subject of the article. As for Leslie Edward Fiddes (LEF): he cannot be same as Buster Fiddes (BF). LEF was in the army and subsequently imprisoned when BF was performing on the Tivoli circuit in Melbourne (alongside his wife, Iris) according to AusStage entries during WW2.Didier Landner (talk) 09:00, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

You don't need permission from me or anyone. I'm pleased to have started a sorely-needed article, and am delighted with the splendid work you have put into it. I was really groping in the dark and jotting down anything that might be relevant, and most of it wasn't. Doug butler (talk) 20:29, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for that. I've now removed note b. Didier Landner (talk) 21:54, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Possible second wife?

Nan Musgrove (current ref [2]) describes the 1972 "Benefit Concert to help his widow and five children." The article currently cites his wedding in 1939 to Iris Fiddes née Cattach, who performed with Fiddes(s) during the early to mid-1940s. Eddie Trigg, in 2012, recalls a 1992 farewell performance by the Galloping Grannies in Brisbane. He lists the Galloping Grannies as "Peggy Ryan, Mavis Donovan, Delores Rose, Jean Lane, Robin Pitceathly, Dawn Pitceathly (sadly no longer with us), Joan Pitceathly, Colleen Ryan and Joan Wilson (widow of Buster Fiddes). I suspect that we will never see the likes of you all again!" (emphasis mine). Newspaper articles provide evidence of Fiddes and Wilson performing together in 1948–52 (see 1948, 1949, 1950s). I cannot find a definitive description of their being married. Meanwhile, Iris Cattach is mentioned in Western Australian newspapers in 1946 and 1951, but I cannot determine whether she is still married. Consequently I have not added the information about Wilson to the article.Didier Landner (talk) 06:42, 31 August 2026 (UTC)

Wilson added as dance and comedy skit partner fl. 1948.Didier Landner (talk) 04:15, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

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