Source: February 1919 casualty.
Family Search: Private William George Dawson was born on 9 March 1886, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom as the son of John Dawson and Margaret Edmonds. He lived in Carleton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as steamfitter in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He died on 3 February 1919, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 32, and was buried in St John’s Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 