Flynn Collection  William Flynn (d. 1981) grew up in Melbourne.
He played the cornet at primary school and later studied the
violin, clarinet and saxophone. He formed his own band, the
Billy O’Flynn Band, which performed in Melbourne in 1928 and
also toured Tasmania. In the 1930s he toured with various
American bands in China, Russia and Japan, worked with J.C.
Williamson and other companies, and was musical director of
Legionnaire Records. During World War II he served with the
Australian Army and was its chief musical arranger.  After the
War, Flynn returned to Melbourne and worked with various
ensembles and was musical director for Jack Davey at radio
station 3AW. In 1949 he was appointed musical director and joint
conductor (with Verdon Williams) of the new 3DB concert
orchestra, which performed popular and light classical music. He
wrote the musical accompaniment for various radio serials and
arranged a weekly program, ‘The William Flynn Show’. The
orchestra was disbanded in 1952. In later years he worke