LEST WE FORGET 249 MURK, Karl Walter (continued) Karl was an ace accordion player. As the story goes, during entertainment of the troops by Art Linklater, they were looking for an accordion player. Karl was brought up on stage and given an accordion to play. This accordion stayed with him throughout the war and is now in the Melford Museum. NEALE, John Harrison WWI John was born in East Dulwich, London, England on November 4, 1884, to Francis and Caroline Neale. He had five brothers and four sisters. They came to Canada in 1911 and he enlisted in the Army on December 21, 1914 in Regina, listing his occupation as carpenter. On November 6, 1917, Lance Corporal John Harrison Neale, age 33, of the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment, was killed instantly by concussion caused by shell explosion in a trench during an attack Northwest of Passchendaele. He is buried in Ypres, Arrondissement, Leper, West Flanders, Belgium. He is remembered on a stained glass memorial window at the United Church in Silton, Saskatchewan. He received the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and War Medal 1939-1945. Karl passed away on February 7, 1986. This picture is in the museum in Lochem, Netherlands. (Standing L-R) Gunners G. H. Whidden, G. F. Norris, K. W. Murk (Sitting L-R) Gunner M. S. Linleter, Corporal F. R. Rudder, Gunner F. J. Yates
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