THREE BROTHERS ON SERVICE
TWO OTHERS ALSO VOLUNTEER, A good record of service in the Enfpire's cause is to the credit of the family of Mr. C. H. Lupton, of Takanini. All five sons volunteered, though two wero not accepted. Private Albert Lupton, the eldest son, returned to New Zealand last week. Accompanied by a younger brother, Private Henry Lupton, ho left with the seventeenth reinforcements. In July of last year he was severely wounded in the head, so severely in fact that for a long .time no hope was given for his recovery. The fifth and youngest son, Trooper Fred Lupton, on attaining his twentieth birthday, enlisted, and is now in a training camp. Tho sons who were rejected are Mr. Alf. Lupton, of Frankton, and Mr. Chris. Lupton, of Takanini.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16800, 16 March 1918, Page 6
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132THREE BROTHERS ON SERVICE New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16800, 16 March 1918, Page 6
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