Historical information
Recruitment poster urgently calling for enlistments to the AIF during World War Two. The poster depicts a man donning a uniform, rifle in one hand, his civilian clothes lie in heap on the ground behind him.
Significance
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.
Physical description
Dark timber frame containing poster of a soldier
Inscriptions & markings
JOIN THE A.I.F
THIS IS SERIOUS
ENLIST NOW
