Source: August 1918 casualty.
Family Search: When Private Fred Howard Deline was born on 29 August 1890, in Richmond, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada, his father, George Edward Deline, was 34 and his mother, Charlotte Selina Thompson, was 33. He lived in Bothwell, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, his occupation is listed as labourer in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 27 August 1918, in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 27, and was buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
A 25-year-old labourer, originally of Napanee, Ontario, his travels brought him to the day on March 22, 1916, at Chatham, Ontario that led to this enlistment with the 186th Battalion. Single, he names his sister, a Mrs. Van Horn, as his next-of-kin who lived in Chatham.
On December 18, 1917, he embarked for service in England, arriving on New Year’s Eve.
That year found him transferred to the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion. 4-months would transpire and then word came that he had been transferred to active duty with the 18th Battalion.
He was transferred to the 2nd Canadian Infantry Base Depot on April 8, 1918, and then, two days later, to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp. Six days later he arrived at the 18th Battalion in the field.
On August 27, 1918, he was killed by an enemy shell near Arras.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 