Source: Per service record of Alexander Drummond, reg. no. 730492.
Family Search: When Sergeant Duncan McLean Ross was born on 9 June 1895, in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada, his father, Donald Ross, was 38 and his mother, Mary Ann Ross, was 32. He lived in Perth, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as stenographer in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada. He died in October 1976, at the age of 81, and was buried in Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
Military Medal with bar.
News clipping from the The Huron Expositor, 1917-09-28, Page 3.
Among the Western Ontario men who are announced by Stewart Lyon as having won the military medal in the recent fighting are three from Perth county, viz: D.M. Ross, Reginald Adams and Rudolph [Reuben] Switzer. Pte. Ross is a son of Dan Ross, of Stratford, and enlisted with the 18th Battalion. He was wounded once. He is well known and was a member for one year of the Stratford hockey team. Redge Adams is a St. Marys boy. He enlisted in the 110th battalion and held the rank of sergeant until he went to France. Rudoph Switzer is another former 110th Battalion man.
Source: The Huron Expositor, 1917-09-28, Page 3.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 