Letter about the formation of the Win the War League |
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| Title : | Letter about the formation of the Win the War League |
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| Creator : | Australia. Women's State Recruiting Committee (S.A.), issuing body. | ||
| Date of creation : | 1917 | ||
| Format : | Ephemera | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Letter from the South Australian Women's State Recruiting Committee seeking the cooperation and involvement of women's societies and helpers to hold a Win the War Day on April 27, 1917, as part of the campaign to form the Win the War League. Plans for the Day include a procession of female relatives of men at the front and those soon to depart, and badge selling in the streets. |
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| Coverage year : | 1917 |
| Period : | 1914-1918 |
| Further reading : | Beaumont, Joan. Broken nation : Australians in the Great War, Sydney, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2013 Carlyon, Les. The great war, Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006 Cochrane, Peter. Australians at war, Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2001 Gammage, Bill. The broken years : Australian soldiers in the Great War, Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin Books, 1990 Kent, David. From trench and troopship : the experience of the Australian Imperial Force, 1914-1919, Alexandria, N.S.W. : Hale & Iremonger , 1999 Luckins, Tanja. The gates of memory : Australian people's experiences and memories of loss in the Great War, Fremantle, W.A. : Curtin University Books, 2004 Macdougall, Anthony. Australians at war : a pictorial history, Nobel Park, Vic. : Five Mile Press, 2002 State Library of South Australia. Conscription and enlistment, [Adelaide]: State Library of South Australia, 1997 |
| Internet links : | AIF Database: Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918 [Australian Defence Force Academy] Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: World War 1 Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs] Australian War Memorial See: Australians at War: Australian Military History Overview: First World War 1914-1918 Australian Army History Unit [Department of Defence]: See: History in focus [several sections about World War One] Official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918 [Australian War Memorial] Victorians at War - Oral History project [Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Library of Victoria] World War I and Australia Research Guide: Recruitment and conscription [State Library of New South Wales] World War I and its Aftermath 1914 - 1921 [New South Wales High School Certificate (HSC) online] |
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