OUR NOBLE DEAD.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 211, 22 September 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

OUR NOBLE DEAD.

Bury the dead, beloved dead, Reverently be it done ; Father, brother, husband, lover— Each one some mother's son. Bury the dead, our honoured dead. Beneath a foreign sky; No marble stone doth mark the spot Where our brave heroes lie. Bury the dead, our gallant dead, Out in the ocean deep; The rolling waves sing funeral hymns Where our brave heroes sleep. Bury the dead, our noble dead, Who've fallen in the fight For honour, country, home, and King, For liberty and right. Our men in khaki and in blue Have done their duty well; Of brave deeds done, of victories wort Shall children's children tell. Calmly they sleep, life's trial o'er, Brave men of many a race Brothers all, when death has clasped Them close in its embrace. Bury the dead, our gallant dead, They died that we might live, The Master said, a greater gift No mortal man could give. A. Mathieson Garnock. IMMELMANS LAST FIGHT. BRITISH AIRMAN'S FEAT. The son of a Liverpool man was responsible for the brilliant feat of bringing down the famous German airman Immelmann. He is Second-Lieutenant M'C. the son of Mr. David A. M'C. Johannesburg, and a grandson of Mr. James T. M'C, of Rootle. He jo'irl the Royal Flying Corps only this year, as mechanic, but owing to his ability he was quickly promoted. Young M'C. w,as educated at .Johannesburg College. Ho endeavoured to join the forces in South Africa at the beginning of the war, but the authorities refused to take him on account of Ins nge. Subsequently his father gave him permission to go to England to join the Royal Fly in ; Corps, which he did in February. After flying at Hendon and other places in England, ho went to France a few months ago, and it was lvs great luck to <onie m contact with tke crae'i Gorman aviator, with the result tint the Latter was killed in an a' rial combat. Alter be had despatched Immelmann I/eutenant MC. was wounded, and is nor- iilhosj<ii-tl in France, where ':;!■> is renr.r! lie progressing favour. ably. He 's onl\ !9 years of age. The best way In engrave your name i ;i n g'r''s irail i« with a d'amond of ..-•;.e sort.