Family Source: When Private Ephraim Edward Broadbent was born on 11 February 1879, in Dover, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, Abraham Broadbent, was 31 and his mother, Mary Jane Bump, was 25. He married Emma Louise Johnson in December 1902. He immigrated to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1925 and lived in Mitchell’s Bay, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 3 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1925, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as heat treat man in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. He died on 12 August 1955, at the age of 76, and was buried in London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
Served in the 18th Battalion with brothers Charles Wesley,and Arthur Broadbent. William David Broadbent , another brother, served in the 47th and 44th Battalions.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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