Letters home from Private Edward Ray Jackson who joined the 160th Bruce Battalion of the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Forces in 1916, 8 months before his 18th birthday. He served as a gunner in France with the 1st Battalion of the 1st Canadian Division under Marshal Ferdinand Foch and was wounded in action at Arras on August 30, 1918.
August 31, 1918 Notice from the Field Hospital Somewhere in France
Sometime between the 26th July and 30th August 1918 Ray was sent to the front. A postcard is sent to Ray's mother notifying her he has been wounded on August 30, 1918.
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