Source: Service records of John Lee Borland, regimental no. 53999.
Family Search: Frederick Ivel Strachan was born on 23 September 1896, in Harriston, Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada as the son of Edward Strachan and Blanche Davis. He had at least 1 daughter with Jesse Marie Bowes. He died on 4 November 1959, in Elmwood, Brockton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 63, and was buried in Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, Grey, Ontario, Canada.
Lied about his date of birth. Born 1896, not 1893.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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