Source: CEF research site post.
“Looking for info on my Grandfather Private Delbert James Shewfelt who enlisted with 160th Bruce D company, to camp Milford and then Sent to France with 18th Battalion. Under CEF Soldier detail says he was gassed and WIA Sunken Road, Cherrissy France. Any idea how I can get more info?
Thanks
Kevin Shewfelt”
Family Search: When Private Delbert James Shewfelt was born on 11 November 1895, in Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, Archibald Shewfelt, was 38 and his mother, Catherine McDermid, was 35. He married Mary Ann Hughes on 8 September 1922, in Bruce Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Armow, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. He died on 15 November 1969, in Beverley, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Copetown, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.More
Tue, Mar 25, 1941 ·Page 7.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 