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.
The Director-General of Recruiting in 1940 and 1941 was Brigadier-General H.W. Lloyd.
Details
Accession Number
ARTV04319
Publisher
Director- General of Recruiting
Measurement
Overall: 97.6 cm x 73 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Credit Line
Transferred from the AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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