Source: “Duty Nobly Done” page 240.
Family Search: When Lieutenant John Gaskin Doherty was born on 20 November 1886, in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Burton Doherty, was 32 and his mother, Louisa Elizabeth Parish, was 32. He lived in Detroit Ward 10, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 1 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1924, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as financial editor, detriot news in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. He died on 10 December 1953, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Jack Dohetry’s Watch news article outlining his military career and the watch he received as a gift from the London Free Press when he enlisted in the 142nd Battalion.
Death: Dec. 10, 1953
Burial:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Glendale
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Sanct. of Eternal Prayer, GM, Lot 0, Space 14066
Maintained by: Tropico Gravers
Originally Created by: Chris Mills
Record added: Feb 22, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 85380604
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 