August 26th 1918.
My dear Mrs. Ong,
“I am most awfully sorry to be the bearer of sad news to you about your husband.
“Pte. G. H. Ong, of the. 49th Field Ambulance, who, in the course of his duty carrying a wounded man to the dressing station with another bearer, was killed with his comrade and the patient by a shell.
“May God help and comfort you, as He alone can, is my earnest prayer for you; and I trust you will look up to Him for strength to bear this blow, remembering the sure and certain hope of resurrection to eternal life for him and you.
“He is very well spoken of by all who knew him, living as he did a life close to God, straight and clean. I buried him, with the others, in an orchard at Bucquay, 57B, NEF, 28a, 20. God bless and comfort you with His strength!
“Believe me,
“Yours sincerely,
“Rev. S. E. R. Fennings, C.F.,
“Md. 31St Div., Artye.”