Source: 153rd Wellington web site.
“Trade listed as Farmer. DOB 6-6-93, (per Ontario Birth Certificate) born Peel Township. 5 foot 11 1/4 inches. Brown eyes, dark hair. Presbyterian. NOK Albert Smith, father. Enlisted Drayton 23-2-16 (age 22 years). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 26-2-16, no transfer noted. Not found on 153rd Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 28-3-18. Bullet wound fracture 22-8-18, right foot. Globe & Mail Casualty List 8-9-18 under ‘Infantry’ reports “wounded.” Returned to Canada aboard SS Metagama, 16-1-19, St John, N.B. Demobilized Toronto 13-2-19. Ontario Marriage Registry (024006) married 20-4-21 to Annie Pearl Miller at Township of Peel. Died 1980 buried York Cemetery, Toronto. Headstone photo courtesy Find a Grave.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9016 – 15, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.”
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 