Source: Post by Lori Oschefski at 18th Battalion Facebook Group
Family Search: Private Albert Hollman was born on 6 January 1897, in London, England, United Kingdom as the son of Albert Hollman and Mary King. He married Freda Marguerite Campbell on 31 May 1923, in Sunderland, Durham, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 1906 and lived in Sunderland, Ontario, Canada, in 1922 and East Whitby, Ontario, Canada, in 1931. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1931, at the age of 34, his occupation was listed as a machine operator in East Whitby, Ontario, Canada. He died on 3 May 1959, in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 62, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada.
Private Albert Hollman, reg. no. 413047.
This man enlisted with the 39th Battalion on 8 March 1915, at Lindsay, Ontario. He was an unmarried farmer practicing the Presbyterian faith.
He went to England and was transferred to the 18th Battalion for active service on 15 September 1915.
He was admitted to No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance on 1 April 1916 for a skin condition and proceeded to No. 18 General Hospital for treatment on 2 April 1916.
He was released as Class “A” to the Canadian Base Depot at Harve, France, on 18 April 1916, and returned to the 18th Battalion on 26 April 1916.
He served with the 18th until wounded with shrapnel to both thighs on 18 May 1916. He was shipped to England aboard the HS St. George on 26 May 1916. He was then treated in England and was discharged from the hospital on 17 August 1916.
After discharge, he was transferred to the 5th Canadian Corps Railway Troop Depot and served the rest of the war in England.
He was discharged on 11 July 1919 at Toronto, Ontario.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 