Before the war broke out two sisters of a well-known family became engaged to 'two Napier boys (says an exchange). They wero about to be married when the happy events -had to be postponed owing to an unfortunate accident which happened to a brother of tho two sisters. Then the war broke out and both tlia engaged men enlisted. They left in the same regiment. Last week one of the sisters received a letter from her intended husband telling her all was well.. It was followed five minutes later oy a telegram from the Defence Department conveying tho information that he had hoen killed at the. front. Barely an hour Later tho other sister was informed by telegram that hor future husband had also been killed. Both boys had fallen in the same fight on the French front.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2914, 28 October 1916, Page 5
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138Untitled Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2914, 28 October 1916, Page 5
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