Source: 153rd Battalion web site, 30th Regiment.
“Trade listed as Butcher. DOB 8-11-80, born Guelph. NOK Sarah Carter, mother. John Ellis, father. Enlisted 18th Battalion Guelph 29-10-14 (age 34 years), lists service 30th Wellington. 5 foot 8 1/2 inches. Blue eyes, light brown hair. Presbyterian. On 18th Battalion Sailing List 18-4-15, SS Grampian, Halifax N.S. Disembarked in France with 18th Battalion 14-9-15. Attached to Railway Construction 15-2-16 to 20-4-16. Returned to duty 18th Battalion. Returned to Canada aboard SS Caronia 14-5-19. Demobilized London 24-5-19. 1921 Canadian Census: spouse Hersley, 80 Edinburgh Rd. S. Guelph. Died 24-10-39. Woodlawn Cemetery records Guelph, Block F Sec 8 Lot 4 Grave 1. Photo courtesy B. Gilbert. Note birth year listed as 1878.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2887 – 52.”
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 