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PTE A. GOODLANDDIED OF WOUNDSEnd Was Peaceful Says ChaplaiiN—Buried Oct 14 \rlt;elt;oU««aaLHJRS. W. H. GOODLAND and familyreceived a great shock when a letter frcm a chaplain serving with the forces in France told her of the death of iter son. AugustusNo information had been received F here of his having been wounded and the first intimation that the brave lad made the siipreme sacrifice was in a private If Her. ; 1HThe following letter to Mrs. Good-land, is fbom Rev. J. W. Hope, C.E. Chaplain to the 26th Brigade and was written o^i Nov. 5 at the 28th Field Ambulance:I regret to have to inform j'ou that you. son Augustus 4186 of the j I 2nd Newfoundland Regiment died asthe result of wounds received in action on October 14th/’ says the padre “He did not suffer but died peacefully at a collecting post of the aboveIt has been impossible owing to the very active operations to write you earlier. I laid him to rest along with an officer and three gunners in a ceme tery at Waterdamhork in Belgium. I saw that a suitable cross was erected on his grave. •’If you write to B.G.R. and E., War Office. Winchester House. St. James Square. London. S.W.. it will be possible for^ou to obtain a photo of hisfJIcfFiFtirIgrave. ^ *May God in His mercy help you in your time of bereavement. You have given your son for the very highest cause. You may surely rest in the great hope of the resurrection. Death \% after all only the gate to life, to a higher and a better service. May his c soul re*t in peace.” ‘ *• * .Augustus Good land was still in his teens and had offered his services to King and countiy several times beforeafcc
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St Johns Daily Star
St Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Wed, Dec 04, 1918
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