Source: Bruce Remembers
Family Search: When Private Robert William Dobson was born on 14 April 1887, in Paisley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, Thomas W. Dobson, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ann Trotter, was 29. He lived in Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Port Elgin, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1940. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1940, his occupation is listed as stephens-hepner co. ltd. in Port Elgin, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He died on 23 May 1960, in Southampton, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
Brother to Pte. John Dobson, reg. no. 651436.
Wed, May 25, 1960 ·Page 3.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 