FALLEN'S FLOWERS OF CATANIAWAR CEMETERY by 1°ITIS M. Bartolo

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In memory of
O'CONNOR, ERNEST ALFRED ALOYSIUS, E A A
5497059 , Dorsetshire Regiment
Who died age 21
on 27/07/1943

Posted by EILEEN (DAUGHTER) O'CONNOR-MOSTYN at 29/02/2012, 05:35:33

69 YEARS NOW SINCE YOU WERE SHOT DOWN RESCURING YOUR MATES ON THE ISLAND OF SICILY. THERE WAS SKIRMISH, YOU MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN KILLED BY \"FRIENDLY FIRE\" WHEN THAT LITTLE SCHRAPNEL ENTERED YOUR HEAD THROUGH THE BACK OF YOUR HELMET. HOW UNLUCKY CAN ONE GET. NOT EVEN SAVE WITH A HELMET ON. BUT I KNOW YOU DID NOT WANT TO KILL.YOU WERE A STRETCHER BEARER. YOU SACRIFICED YOURSELF FOR YOUR MATES. YOU WERE IN THE FIRING LINE RUNNING OUT TO RESCUE YOUR INJURED MATES. WHEN YOU WERE NOT FIGHTING YOU WROTE LETTERS TO MUM AND YOUR 3 SISTERS. YOU EVEN PLAYED IN THE BAND THE EUPHONIUM AND THE VIOLIN AND THE TRUMPET. BUT YOU DID NOT WANT TO TAKE UP ARMS. YOU DID NOT TAKE UP A RIFLE. YOU JUST RAN OUT TO SAVE YOUR MATES. YOUR WERE A MAN OF GOD, BECAUSE AT ONE TIME YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BE A PRIEST. WHAT HAPPENED WAS UNFORTUNATE. AT A YOUNG AGE . YOUR MUM DIED IN CHILDBIRTH. YOU WERE PUT IN A ORPHANAGE BECAUSE THOSE DAYS DADS DID NOT TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN. HE HAD A HIGH POSITION IN THE ARMY HIMSELF. WHEN YOU WERE ONLY A TEENAGER YOU WERE A BOY SOLDIER. WHEN WE GROW UP WITH MUMS WE ARE TAUGHT LOVE. IN THE ARMY ONE IS RECONDITIONED TO FIGHT, HATE AND KILL. THE RULER OF THIS SYSTEM CLAIMS ONE. THAT\'S HOW DIABOLICAL AND MIND DAMAGING WAR IS.

BUT WE HANG ON TO THE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION AS IT SAYS IN JOHN 5:28. DO NOT MARVEL AT THIS FOR THE HOUR IS COMING WHEN ALL THOSE IN THE MEMORIAL TOMB WILL HEAR HIS VOICE AND COME OUT, EVEN THE SEA WILL GIVE UP THE DEAD IN IT.

SEE YOU IN THE RESURRECTION DAD. YOUR MOST LOVING DAUGHTER EILEEN ALANA MAKUSHLA XXXXX

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