Loosely inserted in this
worn , slim volume on flags , bought at an annual
North Queensland book
fair , was the World
War
1 poem , The
Australian Volunteers ,
by R. R. Lanyon , of
Lawrence Street , Inverelll , northern
NSW. Lanyon , who is said to
have had two
years’ active service , calls for
volunteers for the
ongoing war at
Gallipoli. The sons
of Australia are
urged to join up
and replace the daily
gaps in the
Australian forces on the hills
at the Dardenelles. Among the
many flags in the book
is that of the Italian
Governor of Eritrea , then part of the Italian empire after the invasion of Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa .
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