Source: Found during a search of Circumstances of Death Roll for another soldier.
Family Search: Private Arthur Edwin Rowland was born on 15 June 1879, in Brixton, Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 36, his occupation is listed as labourer in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He died on 9 April 1917, in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 37, and was buried in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France.
Pte. A. E. ROWLAND KILLED
Pte. Arthur Edwin Rowland, who formerly lived at 120 Mutual street, has been killed in action. He was 26 years of age and unmarried when he enlisted with the “Pals” Battalion. He received his training at Camp Borden, and wen overseas last August, reaching the trenches a few months later.
Toronto Star – May 2nd, 1917.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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