Source: Found during Circumstances of Death card search for another 18th Battalion soldier.
Family Search: When Private Michael Gosselin was born on 22 October 1887, in Sheenboro, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada, his father, Louis Gosselin, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Sullivan, was 34. He lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as constructor in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He died on 15 August 1917, in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 29, and was buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Casualty of the Great War, Michael served in the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment) 18th Bn.Service No: 769657.
He was the son of Louis Gosselin.
At Toronto, Ontario on January 4, 1916, this 27-year-old constructor enlisted with the CEF as part of the 124th Overseas Battalion.
He embarked for England at Halifax, Nova Scotia on August 7, 1916, and arrived in Liverpool on August 18, 1916. In less than 2-months he was transferred to overseas service with the 18th Battalion, arriving in the field on April 4, 1917 after having served with the No. 2 Canadian Entrenching Battalion and the 4th Company of Canadian Engineers.
A short illness from July 15 to 24, 1917, sent him for medical treatment.
He rejoined his unit and was killed as the result of enemy action on August 15, 1917.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 