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2011-05-05 -Obits-

Last WW1 combat veteran dies in Perth, Western Australia

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Posted by phil_b 2011-05-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 In Flanders Fields
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-05-05 09:11|| 2011-05-05 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Posted by Unish Protector of the Apes1896 2011-05-05 09:45|| 2011-05-05 09:45|| Front Page Top

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