Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
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Family Search: Private George Robert Phillips was born on 28 August 1890, in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of William Phillips and Flora Stom. He married Lillian Bush on 29 October 1913, in Dunnville, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Dunnville, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as carpenter in Dunnville, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 