Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
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Family Search: Corporal Richard Saunders was born on 1 November 1893, in Ascot, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Richard Henry Saunders. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Toronto, York, Canada West, British North America in 1923. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as farm labourer in Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 