Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Lance-Corporal Ernest Charles Sibley was born on 24 December 1892, in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, his father, Job Sibley, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Ellen Haslett, was 30. He married Belva Rosanna Hewitt on 24 December 1919, in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in North Oxford Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1931, at the age of 39, his occupation is listed as butcher in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1966, in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in Anglican Cemetery, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
Private Ernest Charles Sibley, reg. no. 675558.
This man enlisted with the 168th Battalion on 16=8 February 1916 at Woodstock, Ontario.
He was a Butcher and indicated his religious affiliation as Anglican.
He arrived in England on 1 November 1916.
Assigned to the 4th Reserve Battalion on 4 January 1917 at West Sandling. He was transferred to the 18th Battalion on 30 May 1917 and proceeded to the Continent for active combat service.
He arrived “in the field” on 7 June 1917.
He was granted 14 days leave to England starting on 4 January 1918.
On 21 August 1918, he suffered from boils and required medical attention on the Continent. He returned to the 18th Battalion on 7 October 1918.
He was granted another 14 days leave to England on 7 January 1919.
He served the rest of the war with the 18th Battalion.
He was discharged due to demobilization on 28 March 1919 at London, Ontario.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 