Source: 153rd Wellington web site.
Family Search: When William Douglas Gordon was born on 16 October 1896, in Egremont, Grey, Ontario, Canada, his father, Thomas John Alexander Gordon, was 29 and his mother, Margaret Isla Currie, was 27. He had at least 1 son with Jeanne Marie Maurice. He lived in Grey, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as farmer in Mount Forest, Wellington North, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. He died on 1 March 1970, in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
“Trade listed as Farmer. DOB 16-10-96, born Egremont Township, Grey County. 5 foot 11 inches. Blue eyes, brown hair. Presbyterian. NOK Margaret Gordon, mother. Enlisted Mt Forest 28-4-16 (age 19 years). On 153rd Nominal Roll 6-5-16, 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 7-5-18. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration.Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 29-3-18. Wounded 13-9-18, GSW right arm. Globe & Mail Casualty List 10-9-18 under Infantry reports wounded. Orangeville Banner 19-9-18 reports wounded. Returned to Canada aboard SS Caronia, Halifax N.S. 22-5-19. Demobilized London 24-5-19. Address upon discharge, Amelia P.O. Saskatchewan. Photo courtesy Ancestry.ca Family Tree: William Douglas Gordon died 1-3-70, Chilliwack, B.C. Buried Saint Mary’s Cemetery Chilliwack, Plot A-9-2. Headstone photo, courtesy St Mary’s Cemetery.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3655 – 5. Courtesy Library & Archives Canada.”
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 