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Canadian Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden Propaganda Posters - Canada
Updated - Saturday, 10 April, 2004

As with Australia, Canada entered the First World War along with Britain in August 1914. Again, Canada did not have in place a policy of conscription - although this was (controversially) changed in time by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden - and recruitment posters were prominent in stimulating military enlistment.

Each thumbnail poster displayed below can be viewed in an enlarged format - simply click the relevant thumbnail image to view a larger version.

There are nine pages of Canadian posters available. This is page nine. Go to page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6, page 7. or page 8.

French Language Poster

(Courtesy of the McGill University Libraries Canadian War Poster Collection)

Overseas 244th Battalion

(Courtesy of the McGill University Libraries Canadian War Poster Collection)

A "Communication Trench" was a narrow trench constructed at an angle to a defensive trench to permit concealed access to the defensive trench.