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Инструменты Режимы отображения	Are you a FOWDS? Remove from selection Add to selection Номер объектаM2011/017:002 НазваниеAre you a FOWDS? ОписаниеRecruitment poster targeting enlistees for the Volunteer Defence Force (VDC). The poster features a soldier smoking a pipe leaning against a tree trunk and the words: 'Art you a FOWDS? Fellow 'oo won't do his share. Your cobbers in the VDC need you NOW'. In July 1940 the Returned Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Imperial League of Australia (or RSL – now the Returned and Services League of Australia) was given the responsibility of organising the VDC. Most members of the VDC were World War 1 veterans of the 1st Australian Imperial Force which fought in France, Belgium, Gallipoli and the Middle East. The VDC was to engage in guerilla warfare should there be a Japanese invasion of Australia. By 1942 the VDC was 45,000 strong and growing. Like other government enlistment propaganda, it plays on the guilt of Australians and gets them thinking about how their mates are fighting without them, so they can help them out. Место изготовленияAustralia Дата 1940 - 1945 Темаenlistment, Australian Imperial Force Наименованиеposters Материалpaper Размерность Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Helena Raynish

Номер объектаM2011/017:002

НазваниеAre you a FOWDS?

ОписаниеRecruitment poster targeting enlistees for the Volunteer Defence Force (VDC). The poster features a soldier smoking a pipe leaning against a tree trunk and the words: 'Art you a FOWDS? Fellow 'oo won't do his share. Your cobbers in the VDC need you NOW'. In July 1940 the Returned Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Imperial League of Australia (or RSL – now the Returned and Services League of Australia) was given the responsibility of organising the VDC. Most members of the VDC were World War 1 veterans of the 1st Australian Imperial Force which fought in France, Belgium, Gallipoli and the Middle East. The VDC was to engage in guerilla warfare should there be a Japanese invasion of Australia. By 1942 the VDC was 45,000 strong and growing. Like other government enlistment propaganda, it plays on the guilt of Australians and gets them thinking about how their mates are fighting without them, so they can help them out.

Место изготовленияAustralia

Дата 1940 - 1945

Темаenlistment, Australian Imperial Force

Наименованиеposters

Материалpaper

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Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Helena Raynish

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