Source: Duty Nobly Done. Page 287 re. photograph and caption.
Family Search: When Private John Godfrey was born on 18 October 1896, in Beaverton, Durham, Ontario, Canada, his father, William John Godfrey, was 32 and his mother, Mary Esther Usher, was 29. He married Catherine Moyes on 12 December 1917, in Denbeath, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1915. His occupation is listed as dofasco in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. He died on 16 February 1970, in Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Old Stone Church Cemetery, Beaverton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Unusually, this soldier was assigned to the 18th Battalion and then re-assigned to the 8th Battalion. He served with this battalion until he was transferred to the 18th battalion on 8 September 1918, and he served with the 18th until he was wounded (again) on 11 October 1918.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 