The latest despatch "Send more men!"

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number ARTV00847
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 74.4 x 49 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description chromolithograph on paper
Maker Keene, Norman
South Australian Government
A. Vaughan, Government Printer
Place made Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Date made 1914-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian First World War recruitment poster issued by the South Australian Government targeting men aged 18 to 45. It features a full length portrait of a military despatch rider with a bandaged head wound, with a British-made Douglas model U 347cc motorcycle, gesturing towards a war damaged village in the background as if calling for reinforcements. Douglas made approximately 70,000 motorbikes for the war effort. The title is positioned in the upper left with a subtitled positioned bottom centre both printed in black. The image and text are set against a bright yellow background and framed with a red border. This is an Australian copy of a British recruitment poster (see ARTV00035).

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