The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Recruiting poster produced by the State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in Victoria. This poster was described by 'The Argus' on the 5th July 1915 as 'the first recruiting poster produced in Australia'. It was used by the Recruiting Committee as a means of shaming young men into enlisting by juxtaposing the image of an Australian soldier standing guard over his dead mate with a photograph of a Victorian Football League match.
This poster was adapted by poster artist Jim Hannan from a British poster titled 'Will they never come?' There are a few differences between the Australian poster and the British one. The photograph of the sports ground in the Australian version is of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The original British poster was set in a snowy landscape, and the Australian one is set in the rocky heights of the Dardenelles. Another difference is size. The British version was approximately the size of an A3 piece of paper, whereas the Australian one is over two metres in both height and width. However the fundamental layout between the two versions is the same, as is the message - sporting men should be at the front doing their duty, not watching sports matches.
Three dried, damaged leaves decorated in ink. The first leaf is decorated on one side with 'Dardanelles 16.10.15' [illegible picture beneath] and 'Merry Xmas. And a happy New [Year]' on the other. T
Depicts a British soldier with a bandaged head standing over the body of his comrade, who has been fatally shot. Blood pools from the dying man's head into the snow. Although the surviving soldier i
Depicts a British soldier with a bandaged head standing over the body of his comrade, who has been fatally shot. Blood pools from the dying man's head into the snow. Although the surviving soldier i
British First World War poster issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. A British soldier beckons the viewer to enlist with his left hand, and holds his rifle with fixed bayonet in the right
British recruiting poster produced early in the war by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. This is a text-based poster, with the title dominating the majority of the space. 'ENLIST NOW' runs acro
British First World War recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in Welsh language. Depicts the silhouettes of soldiers manning a howitzer, beneath a spotter plane. The b
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (POster No. 53). Depicts a brown British Army Officer's cap against a white background, framed at the top and bottom by bol
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (Poster No. 34), in the style of posters produced for the war effort by British silhouette artist Harry Oakley. At the top