Poem - "Moaning Minnie" (O'Farrell) - Dec 1943 "MOANING MINNIE" Oh, fragment of death, Touch me not For I do not wish to die and rot -- When r hear your mournful wail. My nerves go taut, and my face goes pale. Oh. why do you linger round me so, You wailing, whining missile of woe? Myles O'Farrell, Scout Platoon 'Written on the moro Crossing, Italy, December 1943 Beneath the poem, the photo shows: Christmas Dinner on 25 December 1944, Russi, Italy. Corporal Grieg and Padre Roy Durnford singing. Captain J. D. Pierce on the lower left. Lower right is Captain D. I. Fairweather. This picture was used in regimental history and is DND photo UN-394-7. This artifact was retrieved from the Jericho Museum Office. It was in a box of the civilian and military effects of Captain Wilf Gildersleeve, MC. The donor is presumed to be his family. Copy added to Media.