THE RUNAWAY CAPTAIN.
HOW SAiAHT DIKD. A Hi; HO AT F!->‘TUHERT. LOAD OX , A ui;. 8. _ A comrade describes Hardy's death at* Fest übert. While throwing bomb* (lardv suddenly advanced coolly to tho euemv ‘ trenches, oblivious of the Aiell > ini ling. Shrapnel blew off halt liis bend. He still pushed forward, throwing bomb?. Other officers called to him/ ' ‘Como buck.” He replied. • ■ \ 1 v place is at the front and nothing nnilh'- a difference to mod On he OtovIt!" bond’s, and then a bullet killed him. [•■Private Hardy” was really Captain H. S. Smart, who had been removed from the service because he hud failed to join his regiment vlicn ordered. It' afterwards transpired that he had gone into the lighting line as a private.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 5
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125THE RUNAWAY CAPTAIN. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 5
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