TAIHAPE BOY "GONE WEST."

Taihape Daily Times, 1 March 1918, Page 5

TAIHAPE BOY "GONE WEST."

Mr.,and Mrs. D. Addis, of Raukura, recently received official notice that their eldest son had been killed in ac< tion. The whole district will deeply; sympathise with Mr. and Mrs. Addis as this is the second son they have lost in battle— two splendid specimens of young New Zealanders, the very young men that this country is. much in need of and can fir "afford to. lose.* It was just six months to a dayafter the death of his brother that Jack Addis was killed. Both brothers had been selected as machine-gun-ners, necessitating their being always well up in places of hottest action. Being the eldest of the family Jack had become his father's right hand man in the working of the farm and on that account he will be the more severely' missed. It is like gilding gold to say that Jack Addis Tras all that was upright, straightforward and an energetic honest worker; he was, in fact, a pattern that most young men might with advantage strive to copy. He was a favourite with his companions as well as with his elders. On last A. and P. Show Day he was present on the ground, being then on final leave from camp. On this Show Day the ill-fortune of battle had rendered him the subject, not only of his parents' mourning, but of that of the whole of the Taihape district.