ANZAC poster

Description

This is a poster commemorating the New Zealand role in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) campaign in Gallipoli during the First World War. Along the top is a photograph depicting three naval vessels on one side and Anzac Beach, Gallipoli, after the landing on the other. At the top of the photograph is the New Zealand coat of arms, under which is a scroll with the words 'First Landing April 25th 1915 Evacuated Dec 20th 1915'. Down the sides of the poster are photographs of important military men (Lord Kitchener, Lieutenant General Sir Douglas Haig, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty, General Joffre and Lieutenant General Sir William Birdwood, who was the ANZAC commander) and sketches and photographs of infantry soldiers (British, New Zealand, French and Australian). Along the bottom is a photograph of 'HMS New Zealand', either side of which are sketches of a sailor and a naval officer.

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