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whole: the images occupy the whole, with the title integrated and positioned across the top, in brown, red outlined brown,
and brown outlined light brown. The text is integrated and positioned lower right, in red outlined black. The right and left edges of the
poster are decorated with a border which alternates Union Flags with maps of Queensland, divided by the phrase 'I hear you calling me'. The
map of Queensland is inscribed with the word 'Enlist!'.
image: the background is composed of two maps; the upper one showing the Balkans, the lower one showing the Dardanelles Straits and the
Gallipoli Peninsula. Overlaying the maps are three separate images: an Australian flag; an Australian soldier standing in front of an
Honour Roll and pointing at one of the maps; and a trumpet from which hangs a banner decorated with a map of Queensland and the word
'Enlist!'.
text: QUEENSLANDERS! Your Country Calls!
ENLIST!
We're Coming lads. Hold on!
ISSUED BY THE QUEENSLAND RECRUITING COMMITTEE
A.J. Cumming, Government Printer, Brisbane, Qld.
The campaign on the Dardanelles Straits and the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915 was the most famous action undertaken by
the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the First World War.
The plan, devised by Sir Winston Churchill, First Sea Lord, was to seize the Dardanelles, which linked the Mediterranean to the Black Sea.
This would provide a valuable supply route to Britain’s ally Russia and create a diversion from the deadlocked Western Front.
However, Germany’s ally, Turkey, heavily defended the straits and the initial naval attack on 18th March 1915 made little headway. In April
it was decided to land troops on the northern coast of the straits, known as the Gallipoli Peninsula. Only two beachheads were established:
in the north at GabaTepe, known later as Anzac Cove, and at Cape Helles in the south. A third landing was made in August at Sulva Bay but
made little progress in the face of stiff Turkish resistance.
After months of trench warfare in appalling conditions, during which over 50,000 Allied soldiers died, many through disease, the decision
was made to evacuate. Throughout December 1915 and early January 1916 the Allied troops were withdrawn, bringing to a close one of the
greatest fiascoes of the war.
Paper label inscribed '91' adhered to bottom left corner. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | empire / commonwealth Military Personnel WW1 Australian Home Front flag / banner / standard Cartography recruiting AU.O Queensland Recruiting Committee | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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