Source: Per message from Allan Miller at Facebook.
Family Search: Private Joseph Patrick Anderson was born on 17 March 1893, in Dundas, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as the son of John Anderson and Catherine McGregor. He married Irene Kathleen Meyer on 28 October 1919, in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1932. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as farm hand. Guelph Prison Farm in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. He died on 27 September 1939, in London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 46, and was buried in Marymount Roman Catholic Cemetery, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
Trade listed as Farm Hand. DOB 17-3-93 born Dundas, Wentworth. NOK Dr. Gilmore,Guelph Prison Farm, friend. 5 foot 6 1/2 inches, light brown eyes, brown hair. Roman Catholic. First enlistment with 1st Battalion Valcartier 19-9-14 (6171). Notes service in 30th Wellington Regigment. Sailed with 1st Battalion 4-10-14 aboard SS Laurentic. Medical Board Netheravon, England discharged medically unfit,hemeroids. Returned to Canada aboard SS Missinablie 13-3-15. Discharged Halifax 23-3-15, medically unfit. 2nd Enlistment with 71st Battalion Guelph 29-9-15, (126931) does not list prior military service. Struck off Stength 71st Battalion at Woodstock, 2-12-15 as Deserter. Enlisted Guelph 27-10-16 (24 years 7 months), lists prior service in 71st Battalion. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 5-2-16, no transfer noted. On 153rd Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserves for Training and Administration. Proceeded to France with 18th Battalion 29-3-18. Taken on Strength 78th Battalion 2-4-18. Shrapnel wounds from artillery, wounds to thigh, foot and right leg. Globe & Mail under Canadian Casualties 6-5-18 under Infantry wounded. Returned to Canada aboard SS Northland, 26-12-18, Halifax, N.S. Demobilized Toronto 24-1-19. Ontario Marriage Registry (626859) marriage 28-10-19 to Irene Meyers at Guelph. Veterans Death Card: died 27-9-39 at Westminister Veterans Hospital London, cause Hodgkins Disease, not war service related. Buried Marymount Cemetery, Block B Grave 172, Guelph. Headstone photo: B. Gilbert.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 160 – 47. Courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 