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High Commission
Commonwealth Offices,
72, Victoria Street,
Westminster,
London, S.W.
11th July 1916.
B/E
Dear Mr Hughes,
I have your letter of 89th July. Unfortunately, Captain Arthur Gardere Ferguson, reported killed, appears to be the friend about whom you are enquiring. The records are – Arthur Gardere Ferguson, Captain in the 20th IF Batt Australian Imperial Force, killed in action 114th June 1016; buried in the Bois Grenier, the Brewery Orchard, 2 ¼ miles South of Armentieres, by the Rev. K. Single.
The Bois Grenier is – or rather was – a wood just behind our front lines, and the Brewery Orchard is rather a noticeable place, where a good many gallant fellows have found a rest. I know the place well. The tops are off almost all the trees, but unless of course we lose out line there – which is a fairly remote possibility – I should imagine that the orchard will remain very much as it is at
Geoffrey Forrest Hughes, Esq.,
Royal Flying Corps,
Ruislip,
Middx