Family Search: When Solomon Sylvester Freeland was born on 14 July 1890, in Wallace, Perth, Ontario, Canada, his father, James Alexander Freeland, was 42 and his mother, Ellen Adella May, was 29. He lived in Perth, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Palmerston, Perth, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as farmer in Palmerston, Perth, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1977, in Palmerston, Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 87
“Trade listed as Farmer. DOB 14-7-90, born Wallace, Ontario. 5 foot 8 1/2 inches. Blue eyes, brown hair. Presbyterian. NOK Adetta Freeland, mother. James Freeland, father. Enlisted Palmerston 15-4-16 (age 26 years). On 153rd Nominal Roll 29-4-16, no transfer noted. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16 and 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion, 30-3-18. Wounded 12-8-18, GSW to jaw (serious). Globe & Mail Canadian Casualties list 19-8-18 wounded. Returned to Canada aboard SS Regina, 20-12-18, Halifax, N.S. Demobilized London 24-1-19. Died 16-2-77, Perth, Ontario. Buried Windsor Grove Cemetery, Windsor, Ontario. Photo: Canada GenWeb Project.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3299 – 35, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.\r\nDigital File – B3299 – S035″
Source: 153rd Wellington web site.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 