Source: Obituary while searching for information on Richard Cathery.
Family Search: When Private John Jinks was born on 13 November 1876, in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Josiah Jinks, was 37 and his mother, Eliza Petty, was 33. He married Lilly Walker on 26 December 1898, in Carbrook, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada in 1906 and lived in Halton, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 39, his occupation is listed as labourer in Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. He died on 7 February 1937, in Bartonville, Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 60, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Funeral service for John Jinks were held yesterday afternoon from the funeral home, 151 Ottawa street north, to Woodland cemetery, ans were largely attended. Rev. A. H. Powell of St. James’ Anglican church officiated. Sergt. A. Moores sounded Last Post at the grave side. The pallbearers were Richard Cathery, Walter Atkins, Frank Trivett, Fred Jones, Harry Barrett and Harvey S. Ruland, all members of the 18th battalion.
Hamilton Spectator. 10 February 1937.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 