'Join us in a victory job' (Australian Department of National Service)

'Join us in a victory job' (Australian Department of National Service)

Six smiling women in the uniforms of the women's services, in nursing dress and in munitions overalls, are lined up shoulder to shoulder under the headline 'Join us'. The line-up of women who have already joined is the appeal: the viewer is invited to follow, and the only instruction is where to apply.

Date
1943
Period
Second World War
Made by
Commonwealth of Australia, Department of National Service (artist Maurice Bramley)
Region
Oceania
Country
Australia
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Curtin Government
Leader
John Curtin
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Recruit
Themes
War and the military, Gender and suffrage, Labor
Event
World War II
Techniques
Bandwagon
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Australian War Memorial, retrieved September 29, 2026
Rights
Public domain (AWM: 'Copyright expired - public domain'; Public Domain Mark)
Commonwealth of Australia, Department of National Service; artist Maurice Bramley, 1943. Australian War Memorial, ARTV00332.

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

JOIN US
in a VICTORY JOB
APPLY AT YOUR NEAREST NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICE

[illegible: small mark at the lower right]

The caption bar 'AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL' and accession number ARTV00332 at the foot are the museum's, not the poster's.