Source: April 1917 casualty.
Family Search: When Private James Monk was born on 24 May 1897, in Flat Island, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, his father, Charles Monk, was 26 and his mother, Susanna Collins, was 23. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as carpenter in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He died on 9 April 1917, in Neuville-Saint-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 19, and was buried in Thélus, Pas-de-Calais, France.
“Killed in action,” was the brief message received by Mrs. Monk concerning her son, Pte. J. Monk, of 75 Ashburnham avenue. Only a few days ago she received a bright, cheery letter from him in which he stated that all was well and no complaints. Pte. Monk was born in Newfoundland 20 years aog and before enlisting was in business with his father as a carpenter. When The Star called this morning, Mrs. Monk was overcome with grief to talk.
Toronto Star. May 2, 1917.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 