Source: Post by Jonathan Vance of the 25th Reserve Battalion Divisional Shooting Champions photograph.
Family Search: When Private Harvey Young Davidson was born on 7 October 1894, in Egremont Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada, his father, Thomas Davidson, was 36 and his mother, Isabella Catharine Ferguson, was 34. He married Nerissa Marguerite Alberta Field on 31 December 1924, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in St. Anns, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Bala, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1931, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as store keeper in Bala, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. He died on 4 May 1970, in St. Catharines, Niagara, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canada.
Trade listed as Clerk. DOB 7-10-95, born Grey County. 5 foot 7 inches. Blue eyes, fair hair. Presbyterian. NOK Thomas Davidson, father. Isabell Davidson, mother. Enlisted Mt Forest 11-4-16 (age 21 years). Enlistment noted 20-4-16 edition Mt Forest Representative. On 153rd Nominal Roll 15-4-16, no transfer noted. On 153rd Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 29-3-18. Book Memories of Mount Forest by A.W. Wright reports he was gassed. No record of being gassed, invalided to England 10-9-18, influenza. Returned aboard SS Olympic arrived Halifax, N.S. January 1919. Demobilized Toronto 11-2-19. Ontario Marriage Registry (013623) marriage 31-12-24 to Nerissa Alberta Field at Beamsville, Ontario. Harvey and his wife Nerissa appear on 1965 Electors List for Niagara Falls. Died 1974, buried Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls. Headstone photo courtesy Niagara Region.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2320 – 22, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
Source: 153rd (Wellington) Battalion C.E.F. Site
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 