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■' Capt. Hallgrimur Jonsson, M.C.Ptcorafd by tht King: 1916. Killed In Action September 5th, 1018.Cl i|,t | Jonweo «nlt; horn in liN-laud; mini*to Canada at the age uf fifteenwith no mean* and no education, liul brimful of energy an^ lofty ambition*. Eleven year* later lie had without financial support from any source graduated from the Unirmity of Manitoba, winning the bronae medal a- h -peci«lii*th» history. Two year* later he hail become principalof the Manitoo High School ami wax rapidly winning recognition, among the ablest teachers of th* province. In January, 19111, lie enlisted witli the lONUi Hatful ion C. If. K. Finding the prores* of recruiting a Imitation up to strength too alow he severer) hi* connection with that unit, volunteered and wax accepted for an ovemens draft of officer* in July I91fi. After one month’a training »n Kngland h*| went to France and served ax a platoon i roinmander with Canadian railway truop*. (hiring the fir*^ mouth on active service he won the Military Croat for courage and rcsourrefulnw in bundling hi- men under I heavy firm Later lie was promoted on the] held to Hie rank of mptsin.For two year* lie -«w constant active service with only two brief furloughs. He wjia married in Uiiduii on Jnw*jff jl? of this year and alsnit that timir tie trnri-* ferred to tlie Koyol Flying Corps. He stated in letter- to friends that the reason for lit* decision to Ira infer was Unit he had constantly wished to I lie in n position where hi-* ilecisions involved only ri-k- to his own life instead of, a- previously, Itcrng nunpclh'd to order others into danger, It ( wji« while serving os nn nleerrer In tin It. F C, in Fra tuts that lie puid ( lie -nfifmir «aeritiee on Hepten»l*er nth of tlih* ymr.In llu-*c lime- of •Ire*’* ami heavy iragcdirM there an* -one that seem , to strike even deeper than others. The brief sketch of his life, us recorded . above, Uan UHiiimuy to the fact that ill him our country ha- snrriflavd } one more of tho-r brilliant sons on whom so much of her future welfare . depended. Therein lit*- the depth uf the tragedy. while all arc moved by . 'the touching spectacle uf an aged widowed fu tiler who now ares the tliinl i child de|Mrt«d in less tlian a year.Tlie liite Italdur JiHiwoii, known through Ins writings to Advance readers, was liia brother. Their large circle of friends felt consolation while one remained euiUalying the common characteristiceof both. Their-was 'that outlook on life which only they paw* who live fully and live inten-e-i |v. Combined with intellect nut alertness there we the vivid imaginative f faculty. Cuinliiiiefl with the pasoon for strife and attainment the finer emotional life nf those liearls rr-pnnd to the gentlest und nio*t refining influences of life.As a clan--mute and intimate friend the writer looks hack on many truly delightful hours in his company. Aggressive yet generous as an opponent. uiicompruHiixiri£ yet tender and chivalrous, full of wit ami humour, even lsd-teron*. yet deeply reflective, indifferent to rrtticriii) yet im .rally unassailable. These characteristic1*, * apparent to hi# cloowd friends, gave vivid color to his life and won him popularity as one in whom all the element* wen* so strikingly mixed.We llt;e*e in him a young man of high idoals, whose highe-t ideal was that of eeryicw, a truly fitting sacrifice upon (lie altar of human lilierty, embodying the and the noblest ia the manhood uf which mi much I has been demanded.When such men are gone the price seem* high; we feel keenly with tbo*e who have suffered and Inst that the victory, which now is Insight,■ may forever vindicate those principle* which inir democratic wostcrn manhood Nadd not but offer life ami lirnh to uphold.And well might it (« noted that in him t# »mi a striking example, of which there are tliousarids, hlt;»w Canada has won the heart* of her adopts 1 i son# and how at (ill times and especially now in her dire-1 nerd, they j have dedicated their l*slie- and soul# to her service. —It. Hoi u.Mi-iN
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Wynyard Advance
Wynyard, Saskatchewan, CA
Thu, Oct 03, 1918
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