FOR THE EMPIRE’S CAUSE. IN MEMORIAM.
♦ GILKS.—In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Sergeant John Gilks, who died from wounds in Belgium on January 21, 1918. “ To memory ever dear.” Forgotten? Ah, no. Some may forget The love once they gave, But a mother’s love still, follows her eon Far, far beyond the grave. Not dead to us that loved him dear, Not lost, but gone before. He lives with us in memory still, And will for evermore. —lnserted by his sorrowing mother, father, sister, and brother. HANDTSIDE.—In loving memory of Corporal George Handyside (7th Reinforcements), died of wounds in Wimeraiae Hospital on January 20, 1918. He sleeps where poplars sigh on Flanders Plain, While poppies dream, unmindful of my pain. Around his simple cross. —lnserted by his loved ones, Waikaia. PERRY.—In loving memory of Private John Perry, who died from wounds in France on January 21. 1918. Only a bundle of letters Is all that we have to see. But our brother, who died for his country. Ever lives in our memory. —lnserted by his loving sister Nellie,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18766, 20 January 1923, Page 8
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181FOR THE EMPIRE’S CAUSE. IN MEMORIAM. Otago Daily Times, Issue 18766, 20 January 1923, Page 8
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