Source: Bruce Remembers
Family Search: When Private John Dobson was born on 1 January 1892, in Paisley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, Thomas W. Dobson, was 40 and his mother, Mary Ann Trotter, was 34. He married Laura Agnes Chapman on 6 June 1912, in Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Bruce, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Chesley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as labourer in Chesley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1976, at the age of 84, and was buried in Starkvale Cemetery, Paisley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
Blog article about this soldier.
Military Medal for Bravery in the Field during his service as a stretcher bearer. Bruce Remembers indicate this was for actions on August 8, 1918. Ref. The London Gazette. 7 February 1919.Supplement: 31173. Page: 2130.
His brother, Pte. Robert William Dobson, served with the 18th Battalion.
This soldier lost his leg during action at Arras on August 26, 1918 and this passage relates what happened:
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 