Black and white image of three people standing in front of a striped tent. On the tent is a sign that reads Information Bureau and Recruiting Centre. The person on the left is a nurse in uniform, wearing a white pinafore over a dress and a white headscarft. The person is the centre is a young boy in a Cadet uniform of shorts and shirt. The person on the right is a man in a black suit and hat. He is carrying a communication device on his back.

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Colour photograph of a poster advertising the Cadets. Features a black and white photograph of two female Cadets in uniform bathing a doll.
Museum of the Order of St John (SJA 1807)
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The Cadets were often promoted to girls as a route into a career in nursing. Child welfare skills were also taught and in this recruitment poster, two Nursing Cadets are practising how to bathe a baby.