Family Search: When Private Edward Clifton De Cou was born on 13 June 1895, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, Lemuel Clifton Decou, was 36 and his mother, Julia Ann Buller, was 37. He married Jessie Honor Elliott on 23 June 1924, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Rush Point, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as teacher in Rush Point, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He died on 1 January 1975, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 79.
Military Medal
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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