1st Canadian Battalion,
October 2nd. 1917

Dear Sir,

In reply to your letter enquiring for particulars of your brother, No. 772521 Pte. W.R. Gullen, I have to advise you that when last seen he was lying wounded in a shell hole, and there has been nothing further heard of him since the. This occurred during the attack on Fresnoy.

Yours faithfully,
[signature]
Lieut. A/Adjt.

To:-
F.C. Gullen Esq.,
Richmond Buildings
33 Richmond Street West,
Toronto, Canada.