New Zealand :Volunteer for national service. The government offers every man and woman the opportunity of assisting in the war effort. Join a branch of the Emergency Reserve Corps - Home Guard ... Emergency Precautions Scheme ... Women's War Service Auxiliary ... There is work to be done. Join now! Apply to nearest town or country clerk. E V Paul, Government Printer, Wellington [1940]

New Zealand :Volunteer for national service. The government offers every man and woman the opportunity of assisting in the war effort. Join a branch of the Emergency Reserve Corps - Home Guard ... Emergency Precautions Scheme ... Women's War Service Auxiliary ... There is work to be done. Join now! Apply to nearest town or country clerk. E V Paul, Government Printer, Wellington [1940]
Date
1940
By
E.V. Paul (Firm)
Reference
Eph-D-WAR-WII-1940-03
Description

Poster appealing for New Zealanders to join groups of volunteers assisting the war effort with auxiliary roles on the home front. Shows at the lower edge, head and shoulders illustrations of a man with a Home Guard armband, and a woman wearing a nurse's cap. The man gestures towards the words of the text in the central panel, detailing eligibility and requirements to join the three auxiliary services.

Discussed in "Display folk : Second World War posters at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa" / by Stephanie Gibson. Tuhinga, 2008; n.19:p.17

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Screenprint and photolithograph, 758 x 506 mm.

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Format
1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Photolithographs, Screen prints, Posters, Screenprint and photolithograph, 758 x 506 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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