In Memory
John D. Killen
30 June 1967
Team Striker
"HIS DUTY"
FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY
IS A RIGHT THEY SAY
MANY PEOPLE AGREE
BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A PRICE TO PAY
WHETHER IT BE LIFE, LIMB OR MINDS
FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY
IS A LOSS OF ALL KINDS
I SOMETIMES THINK
WE ARE NO BETTER THAN THEM
WHEN WE RAISE OUR LITTLE BOYS
TO FIGHT LIKE BIG MEN
I KNOW WE FIGHT TO KEEP
OUR COUNTRY SAFE
BUT A BROTHER LIKE MINE
CAN NEVER BE REPLACED
YOU SEE HE FOUGHT FOR
ALL
THE RIGHT REASONS
BECAUSE THAT
IS WHAT HE WAS TAUGHT
BUT I WILL ALWAYS MISS
MY BROTHER "JOHN"
I LOVED HIM A LOT
I LOVE MY COUNTRY
AS YOU CAN SEE
I CONDONED A DEATH
SO YOU AND I CAN BE FREE
Rebecca Killen-Bailey