[Editor: Extracts from the deaths notices section, regarding Australian military personnel, published in the Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (Mudgee, NSW), 27 March 1919.]
Roll of Honour.
WHITTON. — In loving memory of my dear brother, Private Herbert C. Whitton, killed in action in France on March 29th, 1917.
Oh, teach us from our hearts to say,
Thy will, oh Lord, be done.
So sadly missed.
Inserted by his fond sister and brother-in-law, Lizzie and Jeff Sykes.
In Memoriam.
HOBBS. — In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Charles Hobbs, 54th Battalion, who was killed in action in France, March 29th, 1917.
He has borne his cross,
He has gained his crown.
Though he lies in a far off grave,
And we think of his life, a duty done,
Manly, unselfish, and brave,
A soldier and a man.
Inserted by his loving mother, sisters and brothers.
Roll of Honour.
TATTERSALL. — In sad but ever loving memory of our darling son and brother, Private Arthur Desmond (“Des”) Tattersall, who died of wounds received at Armentiers on March 22nd, 1917, aged 21 years and 7 months.
Forget him not who died for us,
When peace shall reign once more,
Remember still that lonely grave
Beyond some foreign shore,
Not marked by a marble cross,
But by a simpler one,
Just buried ’neath that grass-grown sod,
There sleeps my darling son.
Far away on the field of battle,
There ’midst the shot and shell,
In defence of those he loved dearly
Our darling brother fell.
Somewhere in France they laid him,
Our soldier so brave and true;
He fought for our honor and freedom
And died ’neath the red, white and blue.
Inserted by his sorrowing mother and sisters, “Silent Vale,” Bugaldi.
Source:
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (Mudgee, NSW), 27 March 1919, p. 18
Editor’s notes:
’midst = amidst; of or in the middle of an area, group, position, etc.
’neath = (vernacular) beneath
red, white and blue = the Union Jack (the flag of the United Kingdom, and of the British Empire); can also refer to the flag of the United States of America (whilst the flags of various other countries use the same colours, those flags are not generally referred to as “the Red, White, and Blue”)
[Editor: Changed “on March 29th, 1917” to “on March 29th, 1917.” (added a full stop, in line with the standard layout of death notices).]
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