Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private Arthur Edward Sears was born on 8 July 1896, in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Joseph Sears, was 27 and his mother, Annie Rebecca Keen, was 25. He married Lillian Florence Lewis on 3 July 1920, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Port Stanley, Elgin, Ontario, Canada in 1917 and Etobicoke, York, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1917. In 1931, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as gardener in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He died on 12 May 1964, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 67, and was buried in Caledon East Public Cemetery, Caledon East, Belfountain, Caledon, Peel, Ontario, Canada.
This man enlisted with the 1st Depot Battalion Western Ontario Regiment on 11 October 1917 at London, Ontario.
He was a Dredgeman following the Anglican faith.
He arrived in England on 31 December 1917 aboard the SS Messanabie.
He went overseas to join the 18th Battalion on 7 April 1918 and arrived “in the field” on 13 August 1918.
He was wounded on 27 August 1918 with a GSW to the left hand and to the right index finger and was sent for treatment at the 22 General Hospital on the Continent and was returned to service 14 October 1918 after being assigned to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on 26 September 1918.
He served the rest of the war with the 18th Battalion with a stint of occupation duty in Germany after the war ended.
He was discharged due to demobilization on 28 March 1919 at London, Ontario.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 