The luck of the draw

The luck or chance in war is a very uncertain item. One soldier goes through from Gallipoli to the finish without a scratch, another makes the

supreme sacrifice at his first engagement.

It is seldom indeed that all the male members of one family come through without a scratch after several engagements (remarks the Timaru Herald). Such is the experience of Mr William Foster, recently returned, and his three sons. The youngest son first volunteered and fought at Gallipoli. The second enlisted later and fought chiefly in France, as also did the third son. The father then enlisted and fought side by side with a son at the battle of the Somme, all four coming through the ordeal unscathed.