Source: Elgin County & The Great War
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Family Search: When Private Frederick William Batzold was born on 28 January 1898, in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Batzold, was 30 and his mother, Agnes White, was 21. He married Lenora Fanny Lane on 24 September 1919, in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He immigrated to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and lived in Detroit Ward 21, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Royal Oak, Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1942, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as paint shop, ford motor company in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. He died in May 1965, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 67.
Military Medal per London Gazette No. 30573. March 13, 1918.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 