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J.H. Flynn [B 74974] • Photograph

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Summary

Written on original paper envelope: 'No. 1289 Received Dec 10th To be complete Dec 17th. Name J.H. Flynn. Order 1 Dz Cabs & Bro. Brn Kts'. Possibly Private John Henry Flynn.

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Physical description

1 photograph : glass, negative, black and white ; 16.5 x 12 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1915

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Flynn, John Henry, 1896-1969
Military uniforms.
Soldiers -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.

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General notes

One of a collection of glass plate negatives of South Australian soldiers, likely produced in metropolitan Adelaide from late 1914 to 1916. The majority of the images are single portraits and demonstrate a wide variety of uniforms, accoutrements and weapons, including swords and rifles with and without fixed bayonets, and various backdrops including outdoors, against buildings, and studio shots with a rural idyll woodland background. Included are portraits of men in twos or groups of three or more, some with wives and sometimes children and parents. Some portraits feature warhorses, senior offices, a quartermaster, and the crew of a West Spring Gun. The original paper envelopes of a number of the glass plates have survived, providing the name of the soldier along with details of the types and quantities of prints ordered. One of the envelopes gives details of the maker, Edwards and Errington of 52 Flinders Street, Adelaide. See B 74889-B 75011, B 75104.

Historical information

No. 3489 Private John Henry Flynn, born in 1896 to Thomas Flynn and wife Letitia (nee Rogers), worked as a Baker's journeyman in Port Pirie West, South Australia before he enlisted with the AIF on 19 August 1915, aged 19. He served with the 27th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement and embarked from Adelaide on board the HMAT A30 'Borda' on 12 January 1916'. He served in France and on the Western Front and transferred to the 10th Battalion in December 1916. He returned to Australia on 6 September 1919. He married Edith Mary Goddard in 1924, and died in 1969.

Digitisation information

Date

29/07/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

9,777 x 13,260 pixels (129.6 MP)

Size

129.67 MB

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