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.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Jan. 29, 1917 Bramshott Camp
Ray is out of quarantine and writes to his mother about his pleasure in receiving five letters from home with all the news.
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