Emil's Heroic Sacrifice in No Man's Land

“This boy from our own city, and of the 'Mormon ' faith, in the spirit of chivalry and heroism and love for his comrade, rushed out onto 'No Man's Land,' and with some effort placed his wounded companion across his shoulders and was bearing him back to the trenches when he himself was wounded by a bullet which pierced his shoulder, the wound corresponding precisely to the one which had brought his young comrade to the ground. They were both taken by the ambulance to the hospital, and after a few days' suffering, both died. The one a Catholic boy, the other a 'Mormon' boy, the latter giving his life for the former. The nurse who held Emil's hand as his brave spirit took its flight, wrote his sorrow-stricken mother thus : 'Emil gave his life for his comrade.' 'Greater love hath no man than this, that he will lay down his life for his friends.' — Millennial Star 84:16”