Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: When Hervey Smith was born on 4 August 1893, in Ontario, Ontario, Canada, his father, Stephen Smith, was 44 and his mother, Amanda Demeretta Stephenson, was 40. He married Edith Florence Lee on 1 March 1923, in Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Port Perry, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as farmer in Port Perry, Durham, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 July 1975, in Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Greenbank, Scugog, Durham, Ontario, Canada.
| Reg number | 745181 |
| Name | Smith, Hervey |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 3/7/1905 |
| Date of Death | 7/28/1975 |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | Canada |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Port Perry, ON |
| Address | Port Perry, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 9/27/1915 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Port Perry |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | |
| Left 116th | 9/27/1915 |
| Married | No |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Wounded date | 1/21/1917 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | GSW Left arm- shrapnel, VDS |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | A Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 