Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private David James Boyd was born on 7 June 1893, in Culross Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, John James Boyd, was 34 and his mother, Dorcas Jane Colvin, was 37. He lived in Wingham, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1918 and Durban, Swan Valley West, Manitoba, Canada in 1923. He registered for military service in 1918. In 1918, at the age of 25, his occupation was listed as a hydroelectric lineman in Wingham, Huron, Ontario, Canada. He died on 16 April 1965, in South Porcupine, Timmins, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Timmins Memorial Cemetery, Timmins, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada.
Private David James Boyd, reg. no. 3132599.
This man was drafted into the CEF under the Military Service Act (1917). He reported for duty on 3 April 1918, at London, Ontario. He was a hydroelectric lineman by trade and practiced the Presbyterian faith. h/e was attached to the 1st Depot Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment.
He arrived in England on 28 April 1918, aboard the SS Scotian.
He was taken on strength with the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion at Witley Camp on the same date.
On 5 September 1918, he was taken on strength with the 18th Battalion. That day he arrived at No. 2 Canadian Base Depot, Etaples, France and proceeded to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on 9 September 1918. Two days later, he arrived “in the field” and served the rest of the war with the 18th Battalion until demobilization.
He returned with the 18th Battalion on the SS Caronia, leaving Liverpool on 14 May 1919.
He was discharged due to demobilization on 24 May 1919, at London, Ontario.
Note that the photograph of this man has not been confirmed. His service record places him with the 18th Battalion when this photograph is taken.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 