Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915 during research into how many Americans joined the Battalion.
Family Search: When Private Frank Oraszek was born on 20 October 1888, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, Andrew Oraszek, was 42 and his mother, Margaretha Bembnista, was 35. He immigrated to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1919 and lived in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1930, his occupation is listed as shipper, dominion tire in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died on 18 August 1930, in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 41, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Born Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 