Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: When Thomas Ernest Atkinson was born on 29 September 1889, in Ambleside, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Suart Atkinson, was 37 and his mother, Emma Haiston, was 30. He married Hazel Nettie Taylor on 10 May 1919, in Tilbury, Kent, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1902 and lived in Staveley, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Comber, Lakeshore, Essex, Ontario, Canada in 1918. He registered for military service in 1918. In 1918, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as labourer in Comber, Lakeshore, Essex, Ontario, Canada. He died on 27 November 1962, in Windsor Grove Cemetery, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
This soldier was “Taken on Strength” with the 18th Battalion on 2 June 1918 when he arrived and the Canadian Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, France. He served there until 20 June 1918 when he war returned to England as “unfit for further service” due to a hearing impairment.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 