Ray's older brother Bert was drafted May 22, 1918 under the Military Service Act, 1917 and writes to his mother from the London, Ontario training camp.
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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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sept. 24, 1916 London, Ontario Carling Heights Camp
Ray tells his mother they expect to leave for overseas at the end of October and that Gen. Lessard said that the 160th were the best Battalion he had seen since the 18th and that they should be sent to France as a unit.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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