FOR THE EMPIRE’S CAUSE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18991, 12 October 1923, Page 6

FOR THE EMPIRE’S CAUSE.

IN MEMOMAM. RICE—In ead and loving memory of Corporal Harkness Henry Rice, killed in action, at Pasachcndaolc on October 12, 1917, only son of Mrs John Harkness Rice, Mornington, Dunedin—lnserted by his mother and sister. ROSS.—In loving memory of Sergeant Norman. Graham Bose, 58th. Otago Mounted Rifles, Main Body, who was killed while in action on October 12. 1917. To memory ever dear. —lnserted by his mother. SHEPHERD.—In loving memory of Rifleman Herbert Guthrie (Bert) Shepherd, who was killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge on October 12, 1917, second eldest eon of R. and S. Shepherd, Roxburgh. Gone, but not forgotten. —lnserted by his loved ones. STEERING.—In .loving memory of dear brother Albert, who was killed in action at Passchendaele on October 12. 1917. Just a ead but sweet remembrance, J ust a token fond and true, Just a token of affection, For you, dear Bert, for you. —lnserted by his loving sister and brother, M. and Wm. Laughton, Owaka. SYMONS.—In loving memory of our dear eon, Lewis Vivian (Viv.), who died from wounds received on the Somme, October 12, 1916 (7th Reinforcements). lie rose responsive to his call; He gave his life, hie best, his all. STRUTHERS.—In loving memory of James Reid Strulhers (9th Reinforcements, N.Z.M.C.), who was killed in action at Passchendaele, October 12, 1917.—Inserted by his loved ones. TUBMAN.—In loving memory of our dear brother and sister, W Reynold, who was ki.ied iu action at Passchendaele, October 12, 1917. Also Sister Esther Maud, N.Z.A.N.S., who died at Salisbury, England, on September 18, 1918. Sadly missed. They answered the call of a nation in need, They gave their life, their all. —lnserted by M. and A. T., Puketoraki. WILKINSON.—In loving memory of our dear eon and brother, Carroll, who was killed in action somewhere in Prance, October 12, 1918, eldest son of John and Jane Wilkinson, St. Bathans. R.I.P. Time may heal the broken-hearted, Time may make the wound leas sore; But time cannot stop the longing For our dear one gone before. —lnserted by hie loving parents, brothers, and sisters. WILSON.—In loving remembrance of Bob, who was killed in action, Passchendaele Ridge, October 12, 1917, “Always remembered by me, he did his duty.”—lnserted by his loving mother, Alice Mary Wilson, Anderson’s Bay. WINTER.—On October 1917, killed in action somewhere in France, Rifleman William Winter (Bill), 45231, 24th Reinforcements, dearly beloved second son of Joseph and Lucy Winter, Gladstone Hotel, Dunedin ; aged 26 • ears. Mother, with unbowed head, Hear thou across the sea The farewell of the dead; The dead who died for thee; Greet them again with tender words and grave; For, saving thee, themselves they could not save. To keep the house unharmed, Their fathers built so fair; Deeming endurance armed Better than brute despair; They found the secret of the word that saith: . Service is sweet, for all true life is Death. So greet thou well thy dead Across the homeless eoa, And bo thou comforted > Because they died for thee; Far off they served, but now their deed is done, For evermore their life and thine are one. —lnserted by his loving mother and father, brothers, and sisters. WINTER.—In loving memory of our dear brother, Lance-corporal William Winter, who was killed in action at Passchendaele on October 12, 1917. We often think of days gone by, When we were all together; A shadow o’er our lives is oast, A loved one gone for ever. —lnserted by his loving brother and sister-in-law, Guy and Minnie. WOODS.—On October 12, 1917, Wiled in action, Passchendaele, Private (Ted) Edward Woods; aged 36 years. He did his duty. —lnserted by his loving parents, sisters, and brothers.