Source: Per post by Allan Miller at the 149th Battalion CEF- Lambton’s Own Facebook Group.
Family Search: When Private Edward Clement Smith was born on 24 May 1897, in Arkona, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, his father, David E. Smith, was 42 and his mother, Margaret Murray, was 33. He married Alice E Bracknell on 25 January 1921, in Minden City, Minden Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Detroit, Ward 22, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1942. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1942, at the age of 45, his occupation is listed as Evans Products in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. He died on 18 January 1986, in Harbor Beach, Huron, Michigan, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Arkona Cemetery, Arkona, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 