Source: During the writing of a blog post relating to Private Frank Oraszek, reg. no. 53949.
Family Search: When Private John Thompson Neely was born on 23 February 1890, in Seaforth, Huron, Ontario, Canada, his father, Simeon William Neely, was 24 and his mother, Mary Thompson, was 27. He married Lydia May Torrans on 16 September 1919, in London, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as barber in Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1958, at the age of 68, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, London, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 