Source: Kiss the kids of dad, don’t forget to write. The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916-18. Page 153.
Family Search: Arthur Leonard Day was born on 28 April 1872, in London, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 1 son with Martha Peroue. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as labourer in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 2 May 1958, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mount Lawn Memorial Park, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
| Reg number | 745975 |
| Name | Day, Arthur Leonard |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 2/14/1905 |
| Date of Death | 5/2/1954 |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | London, England |
| Address | Alice St N Oshawa ON |
| Enlistment Date | 1/31/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Oshawa |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | 15th Middlesex Volunteer Rifles |
| Final Bn | |
| Ship | |
| Date in England | |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | |
| Left 116th | 1/31/1916 |
| Married | yes |
| Occupation | piano packer |
| Wounded date | |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | 6130 |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | cut his toe in bayonet class, flat feet |
| Sick | yes |
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| Vimy | |
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| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th to CCAS to CFC |
| Other details | D Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
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| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 