The Jap Will Get You First If You Neglect to Protect Driving Bands of Shells Accession Number: ARTV00044

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Poster designed to stress the vital necessity for the care and preservation of ammunition during storage, handling and transport. Munitions workers were only one of dozens of groups within the civilian population subjected to posters campaigns. LHQ stood for Allied land Forces headquarters, which was formed in April 1942.

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Accession Number
ARTV00044
Publisher
LHQ Cartographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph
Measurement
sheet: 48.7 cm x 35.5 cm
Medium
photolithograph on paper
Date Made
1942-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
transferred from AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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