FIVE VOLUNTEER BROTHERS.
LAST OK A FAMILY. Another instance of the fighting spirit is given by the departure to camp, after' final leave, of Private Walter Dryland, a member of the Twenty-eighth Reinforcements, who is the last of a family to enlist. The Dryland family is composed entirely of boys, while their i parents died some years ag-o. Ernest G.I Dryland, the first 'to enlist, went away ! with the fifth draft, and was wounded at Gallipoli. He is now in France. George, the next brother, left wrth the tenth draft, Alfred left with the twentyfiret, Louis went away with the twentyi second, while Walter Dryland enlisted 1 with, tie twenty-eighth " i
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 158, 4 July 1917, Page 4
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