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Flag commemorating the First World War

1919

State Library of South Australia

State Library of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia

This embroidery commemorates the First World War and features an inset photograph of James Michael Ryan, a South Australian from Edithburgh who was a member of the 43rd Battalion.

Ryan sailed from Adelaide on the HMAT Afric on 9 June 1916. He was wounded in France and was a convalescent in England. Ryan returned to South Australia on the Nestor in June 1919.

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