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, May 4, 2012
November 25, 1918 East Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich
Ray writes to his mother about his progress and ability to use his arm now. Ray has met a fellow from Lucknow who was not as lucky as he was.
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