Source: September 1915 casualty.
Family Search: When Private Herbert John Logan was born on 14 November 1891, in Sarnia, Lambton, Canada West, British Colonial America, his father, Elgin Roy Logan, was 19 and his mother, Matilda Larion, was 22. He immigrated to Niagara Fan, Niagara, New York, United States in 1907 and lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as line worker. He died on 29 September 1915, in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 23, and was buried in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
First 18th Battalion soldier to be killed in action. Medical Officer’s war diary recounts an event occurred at 5:30 PM on 28 September 1915. Circumstances of Death Card reads: “Died of Wounds.” In the Field, Belgium. While on duty at a listening post thirty yards in front of our lines, at about 9.30 P.M. September 29th, 1915, he was wounded in the stomach by enemy rifle bullet and died shortly afterwards.
Brantford Man Killed
The official casualty lists, published this morning in Ottawa contain the name of Private Herbert John Logan, only son of Mrs. Logan, Darling Street, he being reported killed in action. Private Logan who was working in Pittsburgh at the time of the outbreak of the war, returned shortly after to visit his mother in Brantford, and decided to enlist in the 18th Battalion at London. Private Logan was 22 years of age.
Brantford Expositor; October 16, 1915
While on duty at a listening post thirty yards in front of our lines, at about 9.30 P.M. September 29th, 1915, he was wounded in the stomach by enemy rifle bullet and died shortly afterwards.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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