A bold bid for exemption

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Title

A bold bid for exemption

Content partner

Auckland Libraries

Collection

Kura Heritage Collections Online

Description

A cartoon of an army officer at a recruiting station holding the lid of a sanitary dustbin up to the face of a compulsory recruit and asking him if he can see it. When the recruit responds that he can, the officer asks him what it is. The recruit answers: Two bob or 'alf a crown. The officer also holds a large copy of the letter A, and other letters and an eye test poster are attached to the wall and lie on the floor.

Format

Image

Date created

1917-02-08

Creator

Auckland Weekly News; Townsend, F H

URL

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/218518

Related subjects

British Army / Recruiting and enlistment / Officers / Cartoons / Eye testing charts

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