Digitized Service Record
Source: Found while searching Veterans Death Cards for his son, John Alfred Hawley, reg. no. 823573. They served together in 142nd Battalion and this soldier served briefly with the 18th until being classified PB and re-assigned to other duties.
Find-A-Grave
Family Search: John Alfred Hawley was born on 2 December 1870, in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 1 son and 8 daughters with Martha Welborn. He lived in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and London, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 45, his occupation is listed as machinist in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 15 January 1939, at the age of 68.
Shows being born in 1870, not 1876 as he attested. Over age.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 