GAVE LIFE FOR CHILD
E\-SEK V LOEAIA X HERO'S EXJ). bi;a\ i : ; action jiecalled On (lie eve of the funeral with military honours of Mr. Lovell an ex-ser-viceman who was killed in saving a, lhree : year-old child from heing run over during the Armistice Bay celebrations in Limehonse, another ex-se-r----vieenian sought permission to see the body. .following the scrutiny the man said: “1 thought so; we were together in France, where he saved my life. .1 was wounded during a gas attack. Lovell took olf his respirator and gave it to me, saying; 'You take it, mate. 1 can run.’ 1 had not sa on him since.’ ’ 'The Mayor of Poplar, Afr. J, T. Wooster, is raising a. fund for Afr. Lovell’s widow and seven children. Ten thousand people .followed the cortege through the crowded streets.
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Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 23 November 1928, Page 4
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136GAVE LIFE FOR CHILD Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 23 November 1928, Page 4
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