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"A clarion call to Australian manhood. The A.I.F. needs every available man NOW!"
Published Collection
Black and white recruitment leaflet containing a message from Major Norman Whitfield, Director General of Recruiting, entreating men to enlist into the army. "A clarion call to Australian manhood. The...RC00282
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ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 1941-11-10. A GROUP OF APPLICANTS TO THE AIR TRAINING CORPS RAAF ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 1941-11-10. A GROUP OF APPLICANTS TO THE AIR TRAINING CORPS RAAF AWAITING THE FIRST MEDICAL EXAMINATION AT THE RAAF RECRUITING CENTRE. FRONT ROW SEATED RIGHT IS A. JACK BROW...P00954.003
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A ‘D’ type tram of the West Australian Government Tramways carrying an AIF recruiting Slogan at ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A ‘D’ type tram of the West Australian Government Tramways carrying an AIF recruiting Slogan at the Carbarn Tram Depot044153
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AIF Recruits leaving Drill Hall for camp. AIF RECRUITING.
Photograph
Maker: Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
AIF Recruits leaving Drill Hall for camp. AIF RECRUITING.000114
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Air Force Cadet Training. Leo Gibney, Clerk in the Lands Department of the State of Victoria, ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
Air Force Cadet Training. Leo Gibney, Clerk in the Lands Department of the State of Victoria, applies to join the Air Training Corps. If accepted he will train in his spare time until of enlistment ...010260
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Air Force Cadet Training. Leo Gibney, Clerk in the Lands Department of the State of Victoria, ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
Air Force Cadet Training. Leo Gibney, Clerk in the Lands Department of the State of Victoria, applies to join the Air Training Corps. If accepted he will train in his spare time until of enlistment ...010259
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"An All Australian Crew is Flying This Lancaster Bomber. Apply to-day"
Published Collection
Black and white recruitment leaflet for the Royal Australian Air Force and Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force. "An All Australian Crew is Flying This Lancaster Bomber. Australian crews are flying...RC00295
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And now!
Art
Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster number 167 poster depicting a British soldier advancing past the bodies of German soldiers towards Japanese soldiers, the horizon is obscured by a Japanese flag (under the 'Beat Hitler...ARTV00049
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A pavilion and smaller buildings within the grounds of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria ...
Photograph
A pavilion and smaller buildings within the grounds of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria Showground. Although the buildings still carry signs for the Department of Agriculture and various civ...P02006.003
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A RAN artificer explains conditions of service to a group of recruits at a Navy Recruiting Office.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A RAN artificer explains conditions of service to a group of recruits at a Navy Recruiting Office.001630
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A RAN artificer explains conditions of service to a group of recruits at a Navy Recruiting Office.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A RAN artificer explains conditions of service to a group of recruits at a Navy Recruiting Office.001629
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Army personnel stand guard at the entrance to the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria ...
Photograph
Army personnel stand guard at the entrance to the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria Showground, in use as a military camp for newly enlisted recruits.P02006.002
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"A special message to men in protected industries. Join the RAAF Air Crew."
Published Collection
Black and white recruitment leaflet encouraging men in protected industries to enlist in the RAAF.RC00291
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At the Flemington showgrounds, bound for advanced training at Puckapunyal, this draft for the 6th ...
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
At the Flemington showgrounds, bound for advanced training at Puckapunyal, this draft for the 6th Division AIF don't look as sorrowful as some of them will feel in the next few weeks.000184/14
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At the Flemington showgrounds, "Cobbers" en route for Puckapunyal.
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
At the Flemington showgrounds, "Cobbers" en route for Puckapunyal.000184/18
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AUSTRALIAN WOMEN JOIN THE ARMY. AN INTERVIEWING BOARD INTERVIEWS WOMEN WHO DESIRE TO ENLIST. ...
Photograph
Maker: Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN JOIN THE ARMY. AN INTERVIEWING BOARD INTERVIEWS WOMEN WHO DESIRE TO ENLIST. APPLICANT BEING INTERVIEWED BY LT. COL. SYBIL IRVING AND MAJOR JEAN WOOD (LEFT) MRS. JOHN BRAITHWAITE. (NEG...011727
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A vital war job - join the Women's Land Army
Art
Maker: Unknown Women's Land Army H & G Pty Ltd
Second World War Women's Land Army recruitment poster. The poster depicts a smiling 'land girl' driving a red tractor. In the background is an idealised rural scene of a farmhouse and rolling hills. T...ARTV02581
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A vital war job - join the Women's Land Army
Art
Maker: Unknown Women's Land Army H & G Pty Ltd
Second World War Women's Land Army recruitment poster. The poster depicts a smiling 'land girl' driving a red tractor. In the background is an idealised rural scene of a farmhouse and rolling hills. T...ARTV01103
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A.W.A.S wants 100's of Australia's keenest women urgently...
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Maker: McCowan, Ian Unknown LHQ Lithographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
Australian Women's Army Service Second World War Anti-Aircraft Defence recruitment poster featuring a photograph of an AWAS woman (Doris Shilcock) in uniform, including hard hat, holding binoculars a...ARTV00335
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AWM54 1025/4/1 - [Women's Units - Australian Women's Land Army:] History of Australian Women's Land Army, 27 July 1942 - 31 December 1945 - includes history; consolidation of circulars; appendices on enrolment statistics and forms, publicity, service record book, handbook, files index, statistical monthly form; press cuttings; pictorial [Oversize item]
Digitised Collection
Official record of Australian Women's Land Army made by the Directorate of Manpower with a forward by Wallace C. Wurth and William Funnell, Director-Generals of Manpower, 1942-1946.AWM2019.22.114
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Back up your cobbers!
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Maker: Simmins, Claude Butler Department of the Army Unknown
Recruiting poster showing a soldier from the 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion, about to board a troop ship with his full kit. Other soldiers can be seen ascending the gangway. The 2/9th was the fir...ARTV04316
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BALMORAL, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1945-04-13. NEW RECRUITS TO THE WOMEN'S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL SERVICE ...
Photograph
BALMORAL, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1945-04-13. NEW RECRUITS TO THE WOMEN'S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL SERVICE AT HMAS PENGUIN ENTERING FOR FIELD TRAINING.088253
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Battle of Germany: join an air crew
Art
Maker: Holmes H.M. Stationery Office
This British war poster depicts RAF Halifaxes flying over a fire from a bomb-damaged German tower.ARTV07256
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Be a cadet nurse
Art
Maker: Whitcomb, Jon US Office Of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War recruitment poster for nurses. Designed by Jon Whitcomb, the poster was published by the US Department of Health and Human Services and distributed by the US Office of W...ARTV01281
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Be a fire-fighter
Art
Maker: Civil Defence Organisation
Distributed by the Queensland Civil Defence Organisation, this is a recruitment poster is for the auxilliary fire service, encouraging civilians to apply at the nearest fire station to be a fire-fight...ARTV02592
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BISIATABU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-07-01. R.57 PRIVATE MADAIO, FROM DARU, A 15 YEAR OLD RECRUIT OF THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Buchanan, Robert John
BISIATABU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-07-01. R.57 PRIVATE MADAIO, FROM DARU, A 15 YEAR OLD RECRUIT OF THE 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. THIS RECRUIT'S NUMBER IS ONLY A TEMPORARY ONE, WHICH IS GIVEN TO ALL RECR...053359
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BRIGHTON, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-23. NEW RECRUITS AT THE RECRUIT RECEPTION DEPOT, TASMANIA ...
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BRIGHTON, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-23. NEW RECRUITS AT THE RECRUIT RECEPTION DEPOT, TASMANIA L. OF C. AREA FILING INTO THE MESS HUT FOR THEIR TASTE OF ARMY STEW.051271
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BRIGHTON, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-23. NEW RECRUITS AT THE RECRUIT RECEPTION DEPOT, TASMANIA ...
Photograph
BRIGHTON, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04-23. NEW RECRUITS AT THE RECRUIT RECEPTION DEPOT, TASMANIA L. OF C. AREA FILING INTO THE MESS HUT FOR THEIR FIRST TASTE OF ARMY STEW.051272
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BRIGHTON, TAS 1943-04-23. STAFF SERGEANT R WENSTER, PAY SERGEANT AT THE RECRUIT RECEPTION DEPOT, ...
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BRIGHTON, TAS 1943-04-23. STAFF SERGEANT R WENSTER, PAY SERGEANT AT THE RECRUIT RECEPTION DEPOT, TASMANIA LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA, FILLING IN THE NECESSARY FORMS FOR THE ISSUE OF A PAY BOOK TO A N...051284
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BUNDABERG, QLD. 1943-06. LEFT TO RIGHT: AIRCRAFTWOMEN L. HAMILTON, CLAIRE WEBB, AND D. ROBINSON ...
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BUNDABERG, QLD. 1943-06. LEFT TO RIGHT: AIRCRAFTWOMEN L. HAMILTON, CLAIRE WEBB, AND D. ROBINSON KITCH, WAAAF, PREPARING IDENTIFICATION PHOTOS OF NEW RECRUITS FOR TRAINING AT NO. 8 SERVICE FLYING TRAIN...P00691.004
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c. 1943. Airwomen, later members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), gather ...
Photograph
c. 1943. Airwomen, later members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), gather around a desk during enlistment for the duration and one year thereafter on gazettal of women's services ...P02221.004
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Canberra, ACT. c.1944. New recruits in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) in a ...
Photograph
Canberra, ACT. c.1944. New recruits in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) in a dormitory at HMAS Harman Naval Wireless Station. One of the women is making a bed while the others (two i...P00784.036
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CAPE WOM, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-29. STAFF SERGEANT W.J. TOPE, AT 6 DIVISION RECEPTION CAMP. ...
Photograph
CAPE WOM, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-29. STAFF SERGEANT W.J. TOPE, AT 6 DIVISION RECEPTION CAMP. HE WAS WOUNDED AT GARN IN THE WESTERN DESERT AND IS SAID TO BE THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPER...094528
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Career for young men!
Art
Maker: Unknown ISSUING BODY: ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. PUBLISHER ADDRESS: AGPS GPO BOX 84 CANBERRA 2601
Australian Second World War recruitment poster depicting a smailing sailor carrying his belongings as he boards his ship.ARTV04234
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Career for youth
Art
Maker: Unknown Australian Government Unknown
1941-1945; recruiting poster, airfield, aero engine, propeller; three men working on aircraft engine, airfield buildings in background, other aircraft flying overhead (including a Short Sunderland; Br...ARTV04289
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c. 1944. New recruits with the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) being fitted with uniforms. ...
Photograph
c. 1944. New recruits with the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) being fitted with uniforms. (This image appears on page 120 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill housed in the AWM Archi...P00784.088
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Collection relating to the service of NX34734 Reginald William James Newton
Photograph
An informal group portrait of new recruits known as ‘giggle suiters’ in the 2/19th Battalion. It was their first week with the battalion. Identified but positions not known are: NX25943 Private (Pte) ...P00102.040
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Coming? Then hurry!
Art
Maker: Unknown RAAF Unknown
Recruiting poster for the RAAF air crew. A pilot is depicted wearing flying suit, helmet, goggles and parachute, climbing into the cockpit of a Supermarine Spitfire. He smiles and gives the thumbs-up;...ARTV04297
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COWRA, NSW. 1944-04-20. NEW RECRUITS ARRIVING AT THE CAMP OF THE 1ST RECRUIT TRAINING BATTALION. ...
Photograph
Maker: Johnston, Eric Charles
COWRA, NSW. 1944-04-20. NEW RECRUITS ARRIVING AT THE CAMP OF THE 1ST RECRUIT TRAINING BATTALION. SECOND FROM THE RIGHT IS NX203346 EDWARDS.065956
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COWRA, NSW. 1944-04-20. NEW RECRUITS BEING ISSUED WITH RIFLE AND EQUIPMENT AT THE STORE OF THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Johnston, Eric Charles
COWRA, NSW. 1944-04-20. NEW RECRUITS BEING ISSUED WITH RIFLE AND EQUIPMENT AT THE STORE OF THE 1ST RECRUIT TRAINING BATTALION.065957
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. PRIVATE E. WARLAND, COOK, ATTACHED TO 4 AWAS TRAINING COMPANY, SERVES A ...
Photograph
DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. PRIVATE E. WARLAND, COOK, ATTACHED TO 4 AWAS TRAINING COMPANY, SERVES A HOT MID-DAY MEAL TO NEW RECRUITS.082999
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. PRIVATE J. ABRAHAM (3), A THREE DAY OLD RECRUIT AT 4 AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ...
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. PRIVATE J. ABRAHAM (3), A THREE DAY OLD RECRUIT AT 4 AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE TRAINING COMPANY, BEING ISSUED WITH KIT BY SERGEANT R. GRAHAM (1), AND ASSISTED BY LIEUTEN...082992
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. PRIVATE Y. BOWMAN, A THREE-DAY-OLD RECRUIT AT 4 AWAS TRAINING COMPANY ...
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. PRIVATE Y. BOWMAN, A THREE-DAY-OLD RECRUIT AT 4 AWAS TRAINING COMPANY (1), HAS HER UNIFORM FITTED BY PTE E. JEWELL (2), TAILORESS ATTACHED TO THE QUARTERMASTER STAFF.082991
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. RECRUITS AT 4 AWAS TRAINING COMPANY BEING FITTED WITH SHOES BY MEMBERS ...
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. RECRUITS AT 4 AWAS TRAINING COMPANY BEING FITTED WITH SHOES BY MEMBERS OF THE QUARTERMASTER STAFF. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE V. FINDLAY (1); CORPORAL C. FLANAGAN (2);...082990
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. RECRUITS UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF SERGEANT M. SMART, SENIOR DRILL ...
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. RECRUITS UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF SERGEANT M. SMART, SENIOR DRILL INSTRUCTRESS, 4 AWAS TRAINING COMPANY, (14), LEFT DRESS DURING THEIR DRILL PERIOD.082995
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. THREE-DAY-OLD RECRUITS AT 4 AWAS TRAINING COMPANY AFTER BEING ISSUED ...
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DARLEY, VIC. 1944-11-14. THREE-DAY-OLD RECRUITS AT 4 AWAS TRAINING COMPANY AFTER BEING ISSUED WITH SHOES, AWAIT THE FITTING OF SUITS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE E. CHAMBERLAIN (1); PTE G. DAVI...082989
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"Doing a grand job!" Join the WAAAF
Art
Maker: Northfield, James RAAF Publications Unit Unknown
Australian Second World War recruitment poster by James Northfield. The poster depicts a young Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force recruit. In the background to the right of the main figure is a mo...ARTV05170
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Flight Officer Joyce Opie, RAAF Headquarters, Eastern Area and Flight Lieutenant E. Coleman, No. ...
Photograph
Maker: Sydney Sun (John Fairfax Ltd)
Flight Officer Joyce Opie, RAAF Headquarters, Eastern Area and Flight Lieutenant E. Coleman, No. 2 Recruit Centre, Sydney, give recruiting information to women at a city shop, Anthony Hordern & Sons /...P02221.008
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FLINDERS NAVAL BASE, VIC. 1943-03-12. A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY (RAN) ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
FLINDERS NAVAL BASE, VIC. 1943-03-12. A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY (RAN) INSTRUCTING NEW RECRUITS IN THE CORRECT METHOD TO BLOW THE PIPES.138136
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FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1942-08. NEW RECRUITS AT THE DEPOT HAVE TO LEARN TO ...
Photograph
FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1942-08. NEW RECRUITS AT THE DEPOT HAVE TO LEARN TO HANDLE A BOAT, NO MATTER WHAT PARTICULAR JOB IN THE NAVY FOR WHICH THEY ARE BEING TRAINED. THIS PHOTOGRAP...026159