Source: Per news clipping post by David Archer at 18th Battalion Facebook Page (not group).
Family Search: When Private Ernest Rowell was born on 6 December 1884, in Peterborough, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Rowell, was 40 and his mother, Ellen Rimes, was 40. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Ada Armstrong. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1905 and lived in York Township, York, Ontario, Canada in 1931 and Willowdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1962. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as cement finisher in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He died on 21 November 1962, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Westminster Memorial Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 