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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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Nov. - Dec.1916 Bramshott Camp In Quarantine
In this undated letter (probably written end of November - beginning of December 1916), Ray writes to his mother about being in quarantine and details about his pay.
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