VETERAN DIES
LAST ORDER OBEYED
(United Pr6ss Association, —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
VANCOUVER, Dec. 31
Colonel John Vicars, a veteran of Indian campaigns. and the South Andean War,, jumped into the fray when the Great nap loomed and, though terribly oyer age, organised and went to F*' a nce with The 122nd, Battalion, which was composed of cowboys and prospectors from the cattle ranges of the interior of British Columbia.
Last week. Colonel Vicars died, and his last request was to convey a certain letter to the bandmaster of the regiment. “Don’t open it until I’m safely lowered into the grave,” ran his instructions.
When the envelope was opened a request as found that all the way returning from the cemetery, the band should play “Tipperary.” They obeyed their colonel’s final order.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1930, Page 2
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