He emigrated to Canada around 1904. Little is known of his life here other than that he traveled around a lot across Canada and the US.
He was a poet and a line from one of his poems is carved over the archway at the Peace Tower in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
"ALL'S WELL FOR OVER THERE AMONG HIS PEERS A HAPPY WARRIOR SLEEPS"
This was taken from his poem “The Returning Man” written circa
1919 or 1920 ... possibly in Alberta.
NOTE: Year of death may be 1949 as there is conflicting information about it.
He was a poet and a line from one of his poems is carved over the archway at the Peace Tower in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
"ALL'S WELL FOR OVER THERE AMONG HIS PEERS A HAPPY WARRIOR SLEEPS"
This was taken from his poem “The Returning Man” written circa
1919 or 1920 ... possibly in Alberta.
NOTE: Year of death may be 1949 as there is conflicting information about it.
He emigrated to Canada around 1904. Little is known of his life here other than that he traveled around a lot across Canada and the US.
He was a poet and a line from one of his poems is carved over the archway at the Peace Tower in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
"ALL'S WELL FOR OVER THERE AMONG HIS PEERS A HAPPY WARRIOR SLEEPS"
This was taken from his poem “The Returning Man” written circa
1919 or 1920 ... possibly in Alberta.
NOTE: Year of death may be 1949 as there is conflicting information about it.
He was a poet and a line from one of his poems is carved over the archway at the Peace Tower in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
"ALL'S WELL FOR OVER THERE AMONG HIS PEERS A HAPPY WARRIOR SLEEPS"
This was taken from his poem “The Returning Man” written circa
1919 or 1920 ... possibly in Alberta.
NOTE: Year of death may be 1949 as there is conflicting information about it.
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