Source: October 1916 Casualty
Family Search: Lieutenant William John Morris was born on 21 November 1890, in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom as the son of Samuel Morris and Jane. He immigrated to Canada in 1914 and lived in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as coalminer. He died on 16 September 1916, in Courcelette, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, at the age of 25, and was buried in Heilly, Somme, Picardie, France.
“DIED OF WOUNDS.”
Whilst leading his company during operations on 15th September, 1916 and having reached the enemy’s front line he was wounded in the stomach by shrapnel. He was given immediate attention and taken to No. 30 Casualty Clearing Station where he died the next day.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 