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Date: July 1st 1916
To
Mr. Mackenzie
From
Marguerite Kinloch
Letter

24 York St.
Bamer St.
London W.

1st July 16

Dear Mr. Mackenzie,

Thank you so much for your very kind letter. I was stunned at first, but now I realize that Jon was splendid & that is really all that matters - he was the best Member in the Dept. He was hit in the head by a sniper & killed instantly, he did not suffer. He was just getting his commission in the R.F. T of the Imperial Army - "He is [?] dead of all dead tho the house of him seems", just gone to work in another sphere - he was a good boy & never gave [?] a parent's anxiety, & so I have a beautiful memory of him - & I have had dozens of letters, all speaking in the very highest terms of him. His earliest training lay in your hands, & I must thank you for the large part you played in the formation of his character, for character is really all that matters - all we take over with us at the last. It will be very nice to have a memorial, an example to all those in years to come of the great principle - "Those who lose their lives shall find them" - Jon was just starting his fourth & last year in the Yarrow Shops at Victoria B.C. he was a very fine mechanic.

Again thanking you & Mrs. Mackenzie for your very kind thoughts of me in my great [?] & with kindest regards,

Very Sincerely,

Marguerite Kinloch