Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: When George Murdock Henderson Ewen was born on 14 August 1900, in Saintfield, Durham, Ontario, Canada, his father, James Alexander Ewen, was 30 and his mother, Alexandria MacRae, was 32. He married Clara Emma Dillman on 15 April 1925, in Lindsay, Victoria, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Sonya, Victoria, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 15, his occupation is listed as farmer in Sonya, Victoria, Ontario, Canada. He died on 20 February 1967, at the age of 66, and was buried in Pinegrove Cemetery, Port Perry, Durham, Ontario, Canada.
This soldier enlisted under age.
| Reg number | 745061 |
| Name | Ewen, George |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 3/14/1905 |
| Date of Death | |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | Canada |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Saintfield, ON |
| Address | Sonya, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 12/15/1915 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Port Perry |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 12/15/1915 |
| Left 116th | 10/5/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Wounded date | |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | |
| Sick | |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | A Coy, minor, underage – discharged May 21, 1917 |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | yes |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 