Source: Per email from Michael Carmichael re. associated research about the 116th Battalion, CEF.
Family Search: When William David Magee was born on 5 April 1892, in Ontario, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Henry Magee, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Westlake, was 27. He married Theda Vanvolkenburg on 5 November 1921, in Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in East Whitby, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 1921. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as farmer in East Whitby, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 19 October 1970, at the age of 78, and was buried in Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
| Name | Magee, William David |
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Year of Birth | 3/6/1905 |
| Date of Death | |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | Canada |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Cedardale, ON |
| Address | Cedardale, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 1/11/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Oshawa |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 1/11/1916 |
| Left 116th | 10/5/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Wounded date | |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | VDU, Gonnorhea |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | |
| Sick | |
| PTSD | yes |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | D Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 