Volume 1: Letters written on active service, A-L, 1914-1919 - Page 458

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[Page 458]

No 3 Canadian C.C.S.
B.E.F. France
Sep 25th/17

Mrs C. Hill
Euterpe
Kurraba Road
Neutral Bay
North Sydney
N. S. Wales

Dear Mrs Hill
It is my sad duty to inform you of the death of your Son Sgt Hill 874; 19th B'n, 2nd Aus Div: on Saturday Sep 22 at 2.10 p.m.: I had worship with him a short time before he died & he asked me to write to you giving his love: He was seriously wounded but everything possible was done for his comfort & recovery: His End was peaceful: He will be buried in the Lejssenhoek Cemetery, Belgium:
You have my deep sympathy & I pray that God may Comfort you in your hour of sorrow:

Yours sincerely
A. H. Devon

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