Source: Per post by Allan Miller at the 149th Battalion CEF- Lambton’s Own Facebook Group.
Family Search: When John Norman Butler was born on 31 December 1893, in Moore, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, his father, James Butler, was 43 and his mother, Henrietta Eddy, was 21. He married Gertrude Irene Burns on 31 May 1920, in Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Mooretown, St. Clair, Lambton, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan, United States in 1923. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as farmer in Mooretown, St. Clair, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. He died on 8 March 1975, in Trenton, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, United States.
One Real Man at the Dance.
A recruiting officer who attended a dance in Moore township to obtain recruits was turned down and finally went away. He was rewarded the next morning, however, when, as a result of his visit to the dance Arthur Butler was waiting at the door of the recruiting office to enlist. He had walked some seven miles, determined to offer his services. When questioned by the officers he stated that he had made up his mind that he for one would show the people of Moore township that there was one real man at the dance.
W. M. S. Meets.
February 11, 1916 St Thomas Times. Via Allan Miller, 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 