Dear Mrs Jones,
I am writing to express my deep sympathy with you in the loss of your son, 33349, Robert Jones.
He was wounded in action in an attack upon a strongly fortified ridge thet barred the way to Passchendaele, and was brought to the Dressing Station at a place called Waterloo Farm, where he passed away.
I laid him to rest, and his grave has been marked, and will receive every attention.
Unfortunately I cannot tell you how he was wounded.
It was before I arrived on the scene with the New Zealand troops.
There where a number of wounded in the Dressing Station when we arrived, and your son was one of them.
Owing to the fact that I have been moving about in France and England till now, I have not been able to write sooner. I have been transferred here, and this is my first opportunity of writing.
Your sorrow will be very great, but you have the memoty of a noble death in a great cause.
May God have you in His care and keeping , comfort you and give you peace. Especially may He comfort you in the Blessed Hope of Life Immortal, and the glad prospect of one day meeting again all those you have loved long since and lost awhile.
Yours, In sorrow and sympathy.
W. McLean
Chaplain.