The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian First World War recruitment poster advertising a 'Sportsman's Recruiting Day' Friday 27 July 1917. It features an image of a man donning his soldier's uniform on the left side of the poster. In the right his disgarded sporting equipment including a football, boxing gloves, a tennis racket and golf clubs are visible. The title, printed in red, is postioned above and behind the image. Both image and text are framed within a black border. Australian posters produced during the First World War were almost entirely concerned with recruiting men for the AIF. These campaigns were coordinated by the Commonwealth Government and by state recruiting committees working through voluntary local bodies. Harry J Weston (1874-1938) was a cartoonist, painter, commercial artist and architect. Weston was a member of many clubs and societies, and associated with many of Australia's now famous cartoonists and illustrators. He is known for drawing the cover of 'the first publication issued under the auspices of the Society of Australian Black and White Artists'.
An Australian First World War recruitment poster by Harry J Weston designed to target the Australian love of sport and recruit men for a unit manned entirely by sportsmen. A soldier in full uniform s
Depicts a seaman dressed in uniform, at home engaged with cleaning the kitchen dishes. His wife stands aggressively in the doorway, like a ship's captain, pointing to shoes on the floor lined up as if
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. This is an extremely unusual poster, as it has no title, or indeed, text. Additionally, it is a photograph, as opposed t
First World War recruiting poster depicting a 'Cornstalk' or typical farmer in the foreground, calmly walking away from a scene in which men are desperately attempting to try and extinguish a grass fi
Recruiting poster produced by the NSW government. It features an image of a wounded soldier in the top half. He is shielding his eyes with his left hand as if searching for something. In his right he
Recruiting poster produced by the NSW government. It features an image of a wounded soldier in the top half. He is shielding his eyes with his left hand as if searching for something. In his right he