Source:Per record of promotion for Russell Saint, reg. no. 135305.
Family Search: When Corporal John William Dolby was born on 28 April 1892, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, James Arthur Dolby, was 20 and his mother, Lottie Emily Coles, was 19. He had at least 1 son with Angnes Matilda Blake. He lived in Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 22, his occupation is listed as postman. He died in 1981, at the age of 89, and was buried in Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Note: Listed in Nominal Roll as “Dalby”. Also listed on Nominal Roll (page 10) with correct spelling of last name.
Married overseas.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 