Join the AIF: This is serious! Accession Number: ARTV06723

Description

Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment poster. Released in 1941 before Japan had entered the war, at a time when many Australians were reluctant to enlist to fight on the other side of the world. Depicts a man donning a uniform, rifle in one hand, his civilian clothes lie in heap on the ground behind him.

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Accession Number
ARTV06723
Artist
James Northfield
Printer
F W Niven Pty Ltd
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: lithograph
Measurement
Overall: 98 cm x 73 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
1939-1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by Department of the Army, 1943 (File 50/2/39)
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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