Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private William Alexander Davison was born on 5 March 1897, in Erin, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Davison, was 29 and his mother, Janet Robertson, was 20. He married Edna Myrtle Bowyer on 10 November 1919, in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. He immigrated to Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States in 1927 and lived in Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as shipper in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. He died on 16 September 1971, at the age of 74, and was buried in Woodlawn MemorialPark, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
153rd (Wellington) Battalion C.E.F.: Trade listed as Shipper. DOB 5-3-97 (18 years 10 months) born Ospringe. 5 foot 9 inches. Hazel eyes, reddish brown hair. Presbyterian. NOK John Davison, father. Janet Davison, mother. Enlisted Guelph 9-1-16. On 153rd Nominal Roll 5-2-16, 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. Returned to Canada aboard SS Caronia, Halifax N.S. 22-5-19. Demobilized London 24-5-19. Ontario Marriage Records, married 12-11-19 to Edna Myrtle Bower at Guelph. Woodlawn Cemetery Records: died 18-9-71, 74 years old, buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, Block W15-12-1, headstone photo courtesy B. Gilbert.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2328 – 53, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 