| Show Lives for 10 1 0 Years Under Wrong Name r ONDON Nov 30 1 iBy By The As- As Associated Associated LONDON L Press lIow JIow How a soldier of fortune his Ills memory lost in ims bat bat- battle battie tie tle tle lived for fo ten years under a dead comrades comrade's name is described d in the Westminster Gazette and Swedish newspapers Gustaf Duner was born horn in 1830 1880 the son of a professor at Upsala uni uni- Always fond of military life he obtained a commission in Inthe inthe the he Swedish army At the out out- outbreak break of the Boer Doer war ar he lee resigned to lo j go to South Africa There he fought with the British and earned a commission That war ended he started on a veritable warriors warrior's tour fighting where his services were ac ac- ac accepted accepted Just before the dawn of 1917 his decade of began A com corn commissioned commissIoned officer in the h at that time he ha was lilting in mc a dugout Warned of an imminent Imminent nent explosion he snatched a coat coal supposing it was his and threw him him- himself himself self on the ground He lie was lIlt lift lifted lIlted ed high heigle by the tho explosion He lie re remembered se- se nothing more II His mind a total blank he found himself In a hospital In the pocket of or the coat which he had lead hurriedly picked up a letter to Captain da a Cana Cana- Canadian Canadian dian was found Doctors and nurs ours nurses es addressed him thus and being unable to speak peak perfect English he accepted himself as Captain de Thus Gustaf Duner was reported missing solacIng and in his stead lived Captain de It has isas since been learned that the real de dc was blown to peces pieces in the explosion A few months later the Swedish Sl de da was nas again fighting In Inthe Intile Use tile air force His Ills fighting career ended in a D. plane crash He lie was Invalided out and received per percent percent percent cent disablement pension from the British government go After Attu a romantic marriage he lived in London until he heard the ice Swedish language spoken He lie found that he lie could understand it Then he accidentally came upon the name of Gustaf Gus f Duner Duiser in the ho Swedish Sl army book He wrote to the ad address ad- ad address address dress given ghen as Duner's He heard from Duner's brother that Duner Thiner had been b n killed at the western front He then went to Stockholm where he told his remarkable story stor He got in contact with IsIs hL mother and the alec filled In those details which he was unable to lo recall |
