"With best wishes for Christmas and That... O.C.T.U Bonegilla-Vic" card

Accession Number AWM2018.254.7
Collection number Greeting Cards Collection 4/1/38
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall - closed: 8.4 cm x 14.2 cm; Overall - open: 8.4 cm x 41.8 cm
Object type Greeting card
Place made Australia
Date made c.1940-45
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright. Non-commercial use permitted.
Description

Christmas card that opens to reveal a Christmas message and five images depicting various war related themes. These relate directly to the O.C.T.U (Officer Cadets' Training Unit) Bonegilla, Victoria as indicated by the title. The first depicts two soldiers in a trench with their guns aimed at the enemy; the second is a group of three soldiers with guns; the third is a tank; the fourth a group of soldiers running into battle; and the fifth depicts two soldiers carrying guns.

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