Source: Via Dawn Heuston via 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
Family Search: When Private Albert Archie Mallett was born on 2 May 1883, in Russeldale, West Perth, Perth, Ontario, Canada, his father, Francis “Frank” Mallett, was 31 and his mother, Bessie Ann Heywood, was 26. He married Mary Ellen Lawson on 28 June 1905, in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Elgin, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as roofer in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 9 April 1954, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Chatham, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
Rank Private
Service # 880665
Cemetery: Soldier’s Field, Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, ON
Source: Dawn Hueston
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 