Ray has requested a transfer from The Shelburne Garage back to Teeswater due to ill health in the family. His boss describes him as "honest and industrious".
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.
Showing posts with label Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment. Show all posts
Friday, May 25, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment and Returned Soldiers' Insurance February 12, 1920
Ray receives another letter instructing him to report to his brother Ernie's garage in Teeswater. He also seems to have sent in the application for Returned Soldiers' Insurance offered by the Canadian government.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment February 9, 1920
In 1918-1919, 350,000 men return to Canada and start looking for work. Ray is among the last to return. The Canadian government provides some money for Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment and Ray seems to have started his vocational retraining. He now wishes to work for his older brother, Ernie Jackson, at the Gray-Dort Garage in Teeswater, Ontario.
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