Source: Per post from Allan Miller at 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
Family Search: When Private Edward Thomas Connor was born on 23 October 1897, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Thomas Conner, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Ann Lee, was 22. He married Annie Louisa Edwards on 1 May 1920, in Chatham, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Warren, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Warren Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as labourer in Tilbury, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 31 October 1966, in Macomb, Michigan, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
His father, Private Edward Thomas Connor, reg. no. 400644, was taken on strength with the 18th Battalion at the CIBD in France but declared PB and reassigned to a non-combat role.
Tiburyite Wounded.
Word was received on Tuesday by Ed Connor, that his son Ted has been wounded in the neck. He enlisted in the 186th Battalion about two years ago and has been in the trenches several months. There is also another son Alfie, serving in France, and Mr. Connor was also in France until a few months ago.
Tilbury Times – Thursday 22/08/19.
Died on October 31, 1966 and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 