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Trench Trench…mud… Trench…mud…rats… Trench…mud…rats…lice… Trench mud rats lice Trench mud rats lice Trench mud rats lice Fire! Fire run holes wire Fire run holes wire Fire run holes wire Death. Death…grave…worms…bones… Rest. (In memoriam Lt. Charles Dougles Hewson, killed at Vimy Ridge 9 April 1917.) |
| Clare Stewart © 10 April 2010 |
| The battle for Vimy Ridge which began 09 April 1917 is considered by many to be the event that made Canada a nation. Lt Charles Douglas Hewson, age 20, was one of 3598 Canadians killed at that battle. |
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