Tuesday 13 November 2007

Condolences

Sincere condolences to Defence Minister Phil Goff, whose nephew Matthew Ferrara was killed in Afghanistan. News here and here.

Keep fresh the grass upon his grave,
O Rotha, with thy living wave!
Sing him thy best! for few or none
Hears thy voice right, now he is gone.
- Matthew Arnold

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, rather a sad occurrence for Mr Goff.

Seems he was a rather impressive sort of chap.
The NZ Herald reports he was 9th in his class at West Point! something which is difficult to achieve.

Unknown said...

Being a member of a volunteer army is a noble but risky profession. This fine chap was joining the fight against the al-Qaeda-motivated Taliban.

He laid down his life for all of us in the secular West.

Sincere condolences to Goff & his family.