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Gallipoli
9 Sept. 1915
Dear Mrs Robertson
I thought you might like to know something about the last of poor old Sammy Wilson who I know was a great friend of both you & your husband. He was in command of C Company during the assault of the Lone Pine position on 6 August & got over to the enemy trenches safely & was doing great work there with a few men when by some means or other he got separated from them. He went on by himself & was confronted by a party of seven or eight Turks & he shot three but was then shot through the head & killed. He is buried at a place marked on the official maps as "Brown's Dip" (after Lt. Col. Brown, C.O., 3rd Bn. who was also killed on 6th August) & his grave is marked with a cross with his name & rank on. Poor old Sammy, he was a ripping good chap & we, of the 4th Bn., who have been so far spared, felt his loss very much. He was just going to be made a Major too. The 1st Inf. Bde. are being given a rest on a neighbouring island in a day or two & its high time too, we are the merest shadow of a brigade now & one & all are