Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private Arthur Vincent Harris was born on 30 June 1896, in Beachville, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Harris, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Edwards, was 36. He married Louise Mear on 22 November 1920, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1953. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as steam fitter in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. He died on 30 March 1953, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 56, and was buried in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
This man enlisted with the 168th Battalion on 26 January 1916 at Woodstock, Ontario and given the reg. no. 675352.
He was shipped overseas and arrived 11 November 1916.
He trained in England until transferred to the 18th Battalion on 4 January 1917. He arrived “in the field” on 12 June 1917 and was wounded in action on 9 August 1917 with a GSW to the right hand.
he returned to the 18th on the 12th and was wounded again in action on 3 November 1917 with lacerations to his left hand. This wound kept him out of action until he returned to the 18th Battalion on 2 December 1917.
He was again wounded on 27 August 1918 with a GSW to right shoulder. He returned to the 18th Battalion on 2 November 1918 and then served with the Battalion until his demobilization on 24 May 1919 at London, Ontario.








