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.
A volunteer from the Canadian Red Cross writes to Mrs. Jackson about Ray's slow progress. He was hit by an explosive bullet and suffered from a high temperature a week after.
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