"THE HAPPY WARRIOR"
UCH of the flower of youth perishes in war. Some of those who die untimely go with all their music in them; others leave a little verse to 2 great clan. There were many examples of this in the last war-men who, like Rupert Brooke, came to something near fulfilment, others like Julian Grenfell, who left only a scrap to show what was in their hearts and minds. One of the casualties in poetry in this war is Patrick Hore-Ruthven, son of Lord Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia, Patrick Hore-Ruthven served in the Western Desert with his regiment, the Rifle Brigade, and took out ‘the very first patrol in this theatre of war. He then served in the Syrian campaign as liaison officer to the 7th Australian Division, with whom he was very populer. After six months of staff work, he sought more active employment, and went back to a Commando Unit in Tripolitania, where he was killed. : Patrick Hore-Ruthven’s poetry has been collected by his mother and printed privately. A number of poems from this volume are to be read by Pippa Robins from 3YA on Monday, June 12, at 7.40 p.m.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 259, 9 June 1944, Page 13
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