Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private Arthur Ernest Hedley Kite was born on 22 May 1882, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Thomas Kite, was 27 and his mother, Cordelia Locke, was 31. He immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1919. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as hotel porter in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He died on 5 February 1921, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 38, and was buried in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Private Arthur Ernest Hedley Kite, reg. no. 769711.
This man enlisted with the 124th Battalion at Toronto, Ontario on 5 January 1916.
At the time of attestation he was a hotel porter following the Anglican faith.
He arrived in Liverpool, England on 18 August 1916 and was transferred “overseas” on 10 October 1916. He was initially assigned to the 2nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion (5 November 1916) and then attached to No. 5 Field Company, Canadian Engineers on 13 November 1916.
He was returned to the 2nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion on 26 November 1916 and then was attached for duty with Headquarters, 2nd Canadian Division.
He arrived at the 18th Battalion “in the field” on 18 March 1917.
He was granted 14 day’s leave to the United Kingdom on 21 December 1918 and returned from leave on 10 January 1919.
He is discharged at London, Ontario on 24 May 1919 due to demobilization.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 