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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
4
A local soldier died in action after serving with the battalion that left for France in September 1916. Private Joseph of Ochers after training months went to France and remained on active service continuously. He was a young man of exceptional character beloved by all who knew him.
The funeral of Cadet MacGregor was well attended as friends and comrades gathered to honor his sacrifice. The service, conducted with hymns and the Dead March, reflected a solemn farewell to the fallen soldier who gave his life in service to his country. Six khaki pallbearers, Pvt. Rex p, Donald Hay, Harvey Chant, bore the heavy oak casket draped with the Union Jack to the grave.
The article notes heavy fighting on the western front with Allied troops making steady gains. It reports American forces capturing over twenty thousand prisoners and large caches of war material as Foch aims advance across France and Belgium. German retreat is described as forced by strategic setbacks and failed peace efforts from Austria.
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