Source: Per service record of Sergeant Hessey, reg. no. 53342.
Family Search: Sergeant Emanuel Ball was born on 6 October 1881, in Andover, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Louisa Winter. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1919 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 1 April 1960, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Oldcastle, Tecumseh, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 