Queensland State Recruiting Committee Explained

The Queensland State Recruiting Committee was established by the Australian Government in December 1916 to encourage Queensland men to enlist in the Australian Imperial Forces after the failure of the first conscription plebiscite in 1916.^[1] It replaced the volunteer Queensland Recruiting Committee which operated from May 1915 to December 1916.

Membership

The initial membership of the committee included:

• Thomas Givens, Australian senator for Queensland
• Littleton Groom, Member of the House of Representatives for Darling Downs
  • Jim Page, Member of the House of Representatives for Maranoa John Adamson, Australian senator for Queensland
• Robert Christian Ramsay
• W. G. King
• Canon David John Garland
• Captain George Macdonald Dash (secretary)

External links

• Web site: Queensland State Recruiting Committee Correspondence. 19171918. 30 March 2016. National Archives of Australia. — full available online

Notes and References

1. News: STATE 'RECRUITING. . . 4287 . Brisbane . 15 December 1916 . 30 March 2016 . 7 . National Library of Australia.