Source: Mentioned in Despatches re. Holloway.
Family Search: When Private William John Pruder was born on 23 October 1896, in Albemarle Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, William M. Pruder, was 21 and his mother, Jennie Lee, was 16. He married Mary Rosetta Carmichael on 28 October 1919, in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1926. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as farmer in Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He died on 12 May 1958, in Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 61, and was buried in Edgehill Cemetery, Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
Private William John Pruder, reg. no. 53277.
This man enlisted with the18th Battalion on 30 October 1914 at Windsor, Ontario.
He was an original member of the 18th.
He was a Farmer following the Anglican faith.
He arrived in England on 29 April 1915 aboard the SS Grampian.
He went overseas after the 2nd Canadian Contingent had finished it training in England on 15 September 1915 and suffered a hand injury necessitating his return to England for treatment from 15 September 1916 until he was returned for duty with the 18th Battalion on 11 December 1917.
He served until 2 February 1918 when he required some dental care until 3 February 1918 and was then attached to the Canadian Corp Reinforcement Camp as an instructor effective 18 June 1918.
He was appointed Acting Sergeant on 28 August 1918.
He had then suffered from orchitis and required treatment until 11 September 1918 and then returned to the CCRC from 17 September 1918 until 12 October 1918 when he returned for duty with the 18th.
He was granted a 14 days leave starting on 19 November 1918 and appears to have returned to the 18th Battalion some time after his leave.
He was discharged due to demobilization on 28 March 1919 at London, Ontario.
He earned a Mention in Dispatches effective 11 July 1919.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 