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Recruiting
Recruits Wanted Au
whole: the title, in red, occupies the upper half, with the text laid out over the remainder, in blue and red. All are set
against a plain white background.
image: crest of the Commonwealth of Australia.
text: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.
RECRUITS WANTED
CONDITIONS OF ENLISTMENT.
AGE ... 18 to 45 Years
MINIMUM HEIGHT ... 5 Feet 2 Inches
CHEST MEASUREMENT ... 33 Inches (FULLY EXPANDED)
Persons desiring to enlist should, if in the Metropolitan Area, apply the at the Recruiting Depot at Military Head-quarters and if in other
localities at the nearest Town Hall, Shire Hall, Drill Hall, or Recruiting Depot, where arrangements will be made for medical examination.
Free Railway Tickets to the Metropolis will be granted, after medical examination.
Rates of Pay per Day.
Before Embarkation. After Embarkation (including deferred pay.)
LIEUTENANT ... 18s. 6d. - 21s. 0d.
SERGEANT ... 10s. 0d. - 10s. 6d.
CORPORAL ... 9s. 0d. - 10s. 0d.
PRIVATE ... 5s. 0d. - 6s. 0d.
Separation Allowance.
Separation allowance will be paid to married men who are receiving less than 10s. per day (including deferred pay), but such allowance will
not exceed the ammount necessary to make up the difference between their daily rate of pay and 10s. per day.
Subject to this limitation, the amounts payable are as follow:- (a) For wife living at home, 1s. 5d. per day; (b) for each child under 16
years of age, 4½d. per day. A similar allowance as in (a) is payable under the same conditions to the mother of a member, if she is soley
dependent on him for support.
Pensions.
Pensions payable to a widow on death of a member of the Forces, or to a member on total incapacity:-
LIEUTENANT ... £91 Per Annum.
SERGEANT ... £70
CORPORAL ... £68
PRIVATE ... £52
In addition, on the death or total incapacity of a member, for each child under 16 years of age, £13 per annum.
In cases of total incapacity the wife, in addition, receives half the rate specified above for the respective rank.
Pensions are payable also to other dependents.
G. F. PEARCE, Minister of State for Defence.
EVERY MAN PHYSICALLY FIT IS WANTED
C.17023.
BY AUTHORITY: ALBERT J. MULLETT, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | politicians empire / commonwealth emblems AU.O Government of the Commonwealth of Australia women / womens work AU.O Ministry of Defence WW1 Australian Home Front children Family recruiting | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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