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The Lonely Forward Scout.

Taken with permission from 9RAR's Book "On Active Service".

by S.A.Evans (WIA 19 July 1969) Eulogyfor Ray Kermode KIA Long Kahn Province, 19 July 1969

Each man has his duty

Yes, each man has his job

And each one takes the chance

That he will stand before his God

But ask of any soldier

What he thinks of the scout

The one that leads the others

The lonely forward scout.

He's the first one into danger

The first to face the shots

He sees and hears what others miss

And reads right on the spot

For none may walk beside him

While he's up front, the scout

He's known as both the eyes and ears

The lonely forward scout.

But man is man and life goes round

And returns to form a ring

The whispering of the leaves may mean

That death is on the wing

The rifles boom and rockets crash

Many lives hang deep in doubt

His chest now but a crimson cloak

The lonely forward scout.

And now there lies in our sunburnt land

Down deep beneath the earth

A boy who died a soldier's death

For all that it is worth

We were hit from every side it seemed

Just able to get out

But there up front alone he died

My mate, the forward scout.

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