Universal obligation in respect to naval or military training

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number ARTV08184
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 57.3 x 44.6 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
Department of Defence
Mullett, Albert J
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c. 1918 - 1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Text based poster printed in red ink on white paper. This notice advises boys who turned 14 years of age in 1918 to present themselves for military training. Those who failed to register would be fined £10. Universal obligation was putatively not linked to conscription, however some considered its enforcement during the war as a harbinger of conscription.

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