Source: Per post at 18th Battalion Facebook Group by Allan Miller.
Family Search: Private John William Hooley was born on 19 September 1874, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 1 son with Elizabeth Ann Hooley. He lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 41, his occupation is listed as riveter. He died on 16 December 1952, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78, and was buried in Macclesfield Cemetery, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 