One of the ways you received the news during World War 2 was by way of a telegram.

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    Like all Canadian soldiers, Nicholas Fruno was required to write a will.

    Like most soldiers of the time, he left everything to his mother.

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    Note the various spellings of his name.

    On Line War Memorial

    Grave site information

    Book of Rembrance

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