Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Lance-Corporal John Macdonald Turner was born on 5 May 1891, in Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Alfred Thomas Turner, was 24 and his mother, Christian Ann Mc Donald, was 25. He married Ellen Warren on 23 November 1916, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Eastport, Kootenai, Idaho, United States in 1937 and lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1916 and Fairlight, Maryfield No. 91, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1922. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as auditor/accountant. He died on 21 September 1983, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 92, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
TURNER — John MacDonald, passed away peacefully September 21, 1983, in Vancouver, B.C., aged 92 years. Predeceased by his loving wife, Ellen, in 1970. He will be grievously mourned by his son, John; also numerous relatives and friends. Mr. Turner served at the front as a Regimental Sargent Major in the First World War with the Winnipeg Rifles (“Little Black Devils”). Served with the Canadian Forces in the Second World War. Also a lifetime member of the R.C.M.P. Vets. Memorial service will be held Tuesday, September 27 at 12:30 p.m. in the Boal Chapel, 1505 Lillooet Rd., North Vancouver. Arrangements through First Memorial Services.
Vancouver Sun. September 24 1983. Page 12.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 