ROLL OF HONOUR
■ i . , IN'MEMORIAM. ■ • EAMES —In fond and loving memory of Private' Leslie .John Eames, killed in action in France, ifhy 4, 1918; aged 21 years.'' No mother was there to' Bootlie -his brow, No/father..to say' good-bye." > . . . No sister or brother to take his hand .When deathi .was drawing near.' "My; dear vn is sleeping his. last lone sleep 'In a grave.l may,never aee;, _ , May ifeomo. gentle hand in that distant landj Lay down a flower for m'e. 'God knows how much -we miss him, , : , He counts the tears we shed, _. And .gently whispers, "Hnshl he, sleeps; Your loved, one is not dead." Ho sleeps beßide his comrades ... In a hallowed gravtv unknown, ■ , But his name is written in'letters of gold, On the hearts, he left at home. ', ! —Inserted by his loving mother,'father, Bisters, and brothers. , ; l. - '
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 189, 6 May 1920, Page 1
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138ROLL OF HONOUR Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 189, 6 May 1920, Page 1
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