John Harold Hind was born September 16, 1892, in Clark County, Kansas, and died at the Base Hospital, Ft. Riley, Kansas, April 19, 1918, Monday at six o'clock p.m., being at the time 26 years, 7 months and 13 days of age. The cause of death was due to tubercular cerebo spinal meningitis.

He had spent practically all his life in Comanche and Clark counties until four years ago when he went to the Texas ranges and from there to New Mexico where he was homesteading a section of arid land when the draft claimed him and he went cheerfully and willingly. Harold was well known to the writer and he was a big whole souled and whole hearted man and boy. A friend in whom one could repose confidence and trust. A hard working, big hearted whole souled and wholesome boy. Fond of an out door life and of the things that manly men love. Brave, courageous and daring would be the estimate of him by those who knew the boy best.

He was preceded in death by his mother who died in 1900 and his father who died in 1907 and four brothers and three sisters, all of whom lie buried in the Protection Cemetery and by their side was his body put for its long sleep. He was buried with military honors. He leaves to mourn his loss two sisters, Miss Emma Margaret Hind of Protection and Mrs. A. E. Schold of Silverlake, Washington and a step mother, Mrs. D. W. Hind of Protection.

Harold answered the call of the country and his nation cheerfully and was a member of the 11th Company 164th Depot Brigade at Ft. Riley. The body was accompanied to Protection by Private Hale of his company and a fellow New Mexico comrade and personal friend and the funeral preached by Rev. Franklin of the Christian Church was held from the church home on Thursday, May 2nd.

A large and intimate concourse of friends met to mourn for the deceased and to accompany the body to its interment. The floral offerings and extensive showing the esteem and gratitude not alone for his private worth but for the great sacrifice his nation's call the flower and strength of his manhood.

Rest in peace, comrade and friend for your friends and your country men know that you have acquitted yourself nobly and well and have made the "great sacrifice" that through you others might live and have life and liberty.

All old timers in and around Protection will remember Harold Hind, aged nearly 26 and son of D. W. Hind, whose home was two miles east of that city and who died several years ago.

The dead body of Harold was brought home from Fort Riley on Thursday of last week for burial in the Protection cemetery. Harold had been a member of the National Army in training at Camp Funston for about six months, being a member of the One Hundred Sixty Fourth Depot Brigade.

He died on Monday April 29, in the Base Hospital at Fort Riley from an attack of meningitis - Tubercular. He had been sick about 10 days. Private Hale, who was a New Mexico companion of the deceased, accompanied the body home.

Harold is survived by two sisters, Miss Emma Hind of this county and Mrs. A. E. Schold of Silverlake, Wash., also by his step mother, Mrs. D. W. Hind, of Protection-tp.

John Harold Hind is listed on the Heritage Park Memorial as John H. Hind.

He is also listed on the most comprehensive list ever assembled of veterans from the county: List of Comanche County Veterans.

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Also see:

PROTECTION'S HONOR ROLL. The Protection Post, 27 March 1919.

World War I Casualties from Comanche County, Kansas

Heritage Park Memorial, Comanche County, Kansas.

Delville W. Hind, father of John Harold Hind.

Susie C. Hind, mother of John Harold Hind.

Marian Hind, sister of John Harold Hind.

Tecumseh Sherman Hind, half-brother of John Harold Hind.

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