Postcard, with caption, issued by the State Recruiting Committee of South Australia. It shows a photograph of a soldier walking towards a large church with his 'sweetheart'. Another man looks on whilst the Recruiting Officer takes him by the shoulder,presumably to persuade him to enlist. The church pictured is St. Peters Cathedral in Adelaide.

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Kent, David. From trench and troopship : the experience of the Australian Imperial Force, 1914-1919, Alexandria, N.S.W. : Hale & Iremonger , 1999

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State Library of South Australia. Conscription and enlistment, [Adelaide]: State Library of South Australia, 1997

Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: information about conscription in both World War 1 and World War 2 sections

Australian War Memorial See: Research and Family History: Encyclopedia: Conscription

State Library of New South Wales: World War I and Australia Reseach Guide: Recruitment and conscription

State Library of Victoria: Ergo See: Explore history: Australia & WWI: Home WWI: Arguments over conscription