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CAPTAIN ARTHUR L. McGOVERN, 28th Battalion, B.A. 1909. Killed in Action, June 6th, 1916.
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14 LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW CAPTAIN ARTHUR LAWRENCE McGOVERN, 28th Battalion, C.E.F. Great sorrow and regret were felt by Loyola boys, past and present, when it was learned that Arthur McGovern had fallen at the front. ''Terry was known to all. He came to Loyola the year of our very first graduating class, and graduated himself as а contemporary of the present generation. He was the first of our graduates to make the great sacrifice, and his very promising career was being followed with interest by his College friends. Arthur was born in Port Arthur, Ont., September 2nd, 1888, the only child ‘of Mrs. and the late Mr. James M. McGovern, for many years Dominion Immigration Inspector at Port Arthur. In 1900, he went to St. Boniface College, Manitoba, whence he came to Loyola in 1903. During the six years that he spent at the College, he was always a leader in his class and a prominent figure in all the school activities. Не was President of the Literary and Debating Society, an officer of several other school organisations, and played on the senior hockey, football and baseball teams. His former masters, in their letters to his bereaved mother, have testified to their great esteem and affection for him. Rev. Father Rector, in his address on Graduation Day, last June, paid a stirring tribute to the high character and nobility of this son of Loyola, who in his short career and in his glorious death had been the pride of his College. Father MacMahon also alluded gratefully to a practical, substantial proof which Arthur had left of his filial loyalty and generous remembrance: Arthur graduated in 1909, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with honours, and entered Osgood Hall, Toronto, whence he was called to the Bar in 1912. While at Toronto, he was a popular and distinguished member of the Argonaut Rowing Club, winning a gold medal in the Junior Fours at St. Catharines, August, 1911. Returning to Port Arthur, he opened a law office in 1912. Endowed beyond the ordinary with talent and ability, Arthur McGovern had before him a life of great promise and of brilliant achievement. He was a great favourite with his fellow-citizens, an exemplary Catholic, and a prominent member of the Knights of Columbus, of which he was Deputy Grand Knight. Having become identified with the local Battalion, the 96th, and holding the commission of Lieutenant, he volunteered for active service overseas shortly after the outbreak of war. Не joined the 28th Battalion at Winnipeg in the autumn of 1914, and went overseas in May, 1915. In September, he proceeded to the front with his battalion, and spent the intervening months till his death in the trenches. In March, 1916, he was promoted to a Captaincy on the field of honour. He went safely through the severe fighting in April, 1916, and the battle of St. Eloi, but fell in action during the desperate and glorious struggle at Hooge, on June 6th, 1916. Не was buried with full military honours and the solemn rites of Holy Mother Church, Reverend Father de Jaddine officiating, and rests in the Military Cemetery at Renninghelst, Беше in the shadow of a beautiful Franciscan church. Think of poor McGovern!” writes an officer, ' who proved to be one of
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