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LOST LIFE HELPING BOCHEHow Clayton C. Ellis of Somerville wan killed while helping German wounded and how a French General delivered an eulogy at his grave is described in a letter written by private Edwin D. Harrington of 47 Cedar at, 0 member the old American Ambulance Field Service, now part of the Army Ambulance. The letter in part is as follows:He was carrying a wounded Boche to the hospital when he was killed by a j Boche shell. He was burled in the afternoon of the same day in a little cemetery just across the street from our cantonment. The section was all linedup (except those necessary for the service) and inarched in formation to the impromptu rustic chapel constructed in the woods where we live.‘‘Upon arrival the last rites were delivered. . . . The French General of our division stood at the front of the crude coffin with bared head. . , . At the grave the General delivered i short eulogy. He said in essence that such sacrifice was necessary to victory, but that now- we had them on the run and intended to keep them going in that direction. By wav of termination he threw a handful of earth upon the coffin, saying. “Holdat Clayton Ellis, adieu, au re voir. *'
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Boston Daily Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Sep 16, 1918
Page 18
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