Source: Gathering Our Heroes
Family Search: When Private Lester Daniel Smith was born on 23 November 1898, in Gananoque, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, his father, Charles Daniel Smith, was 24 and his mother, Lillian May Brown, was 24. He married Jean Buckingham Ruhnke on 16 July 1924, in Dover, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Kent, Georgian Highlands, Grey, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada for about 9 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1931, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as inspector in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He was buried in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 