Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Find-A-Grave: Buried under the name Howard James Moyer.
Family Search: Private George Howard James was born on 9 March 1894/5, in South Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada as the son of George Howard and Mary. He lived in Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada in 1918 and Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, Canada in 1919. He registered for military service in 1918. In 1918, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as farmer in Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
Family Search: When Howard James Moyer was born on 19 March 1895, in South Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, his father, Leonard F. Moyer, was 38 and his mother, Mary Catherine Decker, was 28. He married Eva Marie Howick on 27 March 1920, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1895 and Haldimand, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 17 August 1933, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 38, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canad
NOTE: This page may be inaccurate. Connection between both names as a pseudonym is based on service record. Some documents indicate that this person is one and the same.
Private George Howard James, reg. no. 3131395/ Private Howard James Moyer reg. no. 797633.
This man first enlisted under the name of Howard James Moyer at Simcoe, Ontario on 17 March 1916 and was declared a deserter on 4 July 1916.
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He reported for military service under the MSA (1917) at London, Ontario on 8 January 1918 under the name of George Howard James.
He was a farmer living at Sandwich, Ontario and was of the Anglican faith.
He arrived in England on 4 March 1918 aboard the SS Cretic and was transferred to the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion the next day at Bramshott Camp. He was transferred for active combat duty on 18 August 1918 and arrived “in the field” on 28 August 1918.
Private Howard served the rest of the war with the 18th Battalion and was demobilized at London, Ontario on 24 May 1919.
He was living at Tillsonburg, Ontario from 1919 to 1926 when all record of him disappears.
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History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 