Remembering My Brother

A faded drawing created in November 1917 by Corporal John Arthur Muise lies with a few treasured family keepsakes of World War I. Four brothers from the Muise family of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia would serve their country, Alfred, James (Jimmy), George Stanley, and John Arthur. Alfred, age 18, was killed in action on April 29, 1917, and his brother created the drawing that depicted a cross with his younger brother’s name. A date at the bottom of the drawing suggests Arthur would have been near Ypres where his Battalion was preparing for the assault at Passchendaele. The deaths and injuries were horrific, and one can imagine a brother sitting quietly and pondering an earlier tragedy of death and the loss of a younger brother. The background in his drawing is prophetic as there appears in the distance a tower that resembles the Vimy Memorial. And yet, at that time the Memorial did not exist. Read the full story at: http://wartimeheritage.com/storyarchive1/story_remembering_my_brother.htm