Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: Private William J. Brant was born on 14 July 1885, in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of William Brant and Emma. He married Anna Casserley in 1907, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1918. In 1918, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as machinist in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. He died on 3 February 1951, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 