Source: Per research by 160th Battalion Facebook Group. Confirmed served with 18th Battalion.
Family Search: Private Melvin G. Stevens was born on 2 March 1896, in Chippawa Hill, Saugeen 29, Bruce, Ontario, Canada as the son of ? and Martha Stevens. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Annie Eagle. He lived in Caledonia, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada in 1922. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as farm labourer. He died on 13 October 1969, in Southampton, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Chippawa Hill Saugeen Reserve Cemetery, Chippawa Hill, Saugeen 29, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
Indigenous Soldier.
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada · Wednesday, October 15, 1969
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 