Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
Family Search: Private Richard Cathery was born on 21 September 1890, in London, England, United Kingdom as the son of Fanny Cathery. He had at least 1 daughter with Grace Ellen Russell. He immigrated to Canada in 1913. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as gas motor engineer. He died on 14 January 1959, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 68, and was buried in Cimetière Mont-Royal, Outremont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 