Source: 153rd Wellington web site.
Under aged. Gravestone indicates he was born in 1901.
Family Search: When Private Alfred Benjamin Freeman was born on 1 February 1901, in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Alfred Davis Freeman, was 27 and his mother, Fanny Lister, was 24. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Alice Rose Crowhurst. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1915 and Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada in 1922. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 14, his occupation is listed as labourer in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1976, at the age of 75, and was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
“Trade listed as Laborer. DOB 1-2-94, born England. 5 foot 10 inches. Blue eyes, brown hair. Methodist. NOK Mary Freeman, mother. Enlisted Guelph 18-12-15 (age 21 years 11 months). On 153rd Nominal Roll 5-2-16, 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. Transferred to 18th Battalion, 29-3-18. Returned to Canada aboard SS Saturnia, Glasgow 25-7-19. Demobilized 7-8-19, Toronto. Woodlawn Cemetery Records: buried Block M4 4.6.2, wife Alice Rose. Headstone photo courtesy B. Gilbert.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3299 – 53, courtesy Library & Archives Canada. \r\nDigital File – B299 – S053″
Source: 153rd Wellington
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 