Source: The Seaforth News, 1949-06-02, Page 1 via the Huron County Archives.
Family Search: When Private John Henry Earle was born on 8 June 1890, in Killenagh and Wells, Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland, his father, Edward Earle, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann Ferris, was 35. He married Sophia Glover on 5 October 1918, in Rathmines, Saint Peter’s, County Dublin, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1917 and lived in Cullentra, Kiltrisk, County Wexford, Ireland in 1911 and Tuckersmith Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1959, at the age of 69, his occupation is listed as machinist in Egmondville, Huron, Ontario, Canada. He died on 1 February 1965, in Seaforth, Huron, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in Maitlandbank Cemetery, Seaforth, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
ATTEND BATTALION REUNION AT LONDON
Mr. and Mrs John Earle were in London on Saturday and Sunday attending the 30th anniversary reunion of the 18th Battalion Association held in Hotel London. Mr. Earle was a winner of the first prize in a battalion draw, a table radio. The 18th Battalion claims a record in Canada as the only battalion holding an annual reunion every year since 1919.
Also, while in London, Mr. and Mrs. Earle attended the ordination service in St. Paul’s Cathedral when Rev. W.A. Jones became a deacon and will take charge of the parish at Lion’s Head. Mr. Jones conducted the services last winter in St. Thomas’ Church, Seaforth, for three months while a student at Huron College.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 