- Bib ID:
- 6493292
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised items
- Description:
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- [Japan?] : Japanese Army Headquarters, [1944?]
- 1 sheet : colour illustration ; 9 x 13 cm
- Summary:
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A surrender ticket, reportedly airdropped from a Japanese plane on Australian troops in Papua New Guinea or the Pacific. This aerial propaganda leaflet is divided into two with an image of a wife or girlfriend (wearing a green top with a red beret) waiting at home on the left side. On the right, her plaintive appeal is printed diagonally over a reminder of death with faint black and white skulls in the background. The back side of the leaflet gives instructions for surrendering: "Here's all you do! 1) Come towards our lines waving a white flag! 2) Strap your gun over your left shoulder, muzzle down and pointed behind you. 3) Show this ticket to the sentry. 4) Any number of you may surrender with this one ticket." Instructions in Japanese for the troops receiving the ticket appear below.
- Notes:
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- National Library's copy is inscribed George Smith, 1944, and shows signs of being stuck in an album with clear adhesive tape.
- Selected items also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2496002565
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- Publication date:
- 1944
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