Obituary. 
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" W'e thank our ( iod upon every remembrance of liim." 
The aI)ove ai)peare(l in 77; r Tidics ohituarv column. My 
son enlisted at the l)e!4"inninj^', and won his way, step by step, 
from the ranks in the York and Lancaster l\e,<iiment, where lie 
scived with i^reat distinction. He then accepted a commission 
in the Oxford and Bucks. Lii^iit Infantry. He went throut^h 
the thickest of the h^^htinij' in France, always imder tire, and 
was wounded in the ,^Teat attack at Passchaendale on August 
32nd, 191S. The fol'.owini^' year he was transferred to the 
King's African Ritfes. and went out to East Africa in July, 1918. 
He was again wounded in ( lerman East Africa a fortnight before 
the Germans surrendered. In July 1919 he was sent up to 
Northern Jubaland on the Abyssinian Frontier, where he 
arrived in (October, after many perilous adventures. He was 
officer in charge of the e.xpedition, and sole British Military 
Representative and (lovernor of a district of 4,000 square miles. 
And now a cable, lirief and sword-like, informs us he was killed 
in a native mutiny. So ends a splendid and glorious career, 
lie was ' mentioned ' for his courage, initiative and resource. 
He was a great sportsman and athlete, and loved nature in all 
its moods. He had liosts of friends who knew him for ' a 
white man in every sense of the word,' and his lovable and 
attractive ])ersonality won him universal lo\e and esteem. In 
his last letter he spoke of being engaged on an article for Bird 
XoTKS. If it should arrive in the months to come I will write 
it out and .send {o vou, as his last contribution to your 
pages. I. P." 
MR.S. DAWSON-SMITH. 
Those who knew Lieut. Dawson-Smith w'ill realise that 
the above does not overstate his sunny yet studious and sport- 
loving nature. The readers of Bird Koi k.s will be acquainted 
with him by his frequent, interesting and practical contributions 
to the Club Journal, and his early demise is a great loss to the 
Club, of which he was an enthusiastic supporter. The sincere 
and profound sympathy of all our members will be with his 
sorrowing family in this hour of trial. — \V.1M'. 
