Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private George Raymond Vandusen was born on 5 March 1885, in Blenheim Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, his father, Samuel George Vandusen, was 36 and his mother, Rebecca Jane May, was 28. He lived in Kent, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as labourer in Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 1 February 1970, in London, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 84, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Blenheim, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
Private George Raymond VanDusen, reg. no. 880764.
This man enlisted with the 186th Battalion at Chatham, Ontario on 1 May 1916.
He was a labourer following the Baptist faith living in Blenheim, Ontario.
He arrived in England on 7 April 1917 aboard the SS Lapland and began the next stage of his training when he was transferred to the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion effective the day he arrived in England. He was based at Bramshott Camp.
He was transferred to the 18th Battalion on 6 September 1917 and was sent overseas and arrived “in the field” with the 18th Battalion on 23 November 1917.
Private VanDusen became ill with a pyrexia of unknown origin on 29 January 1918 and was sent to the 4th Canadian Field Ambulance for treatment. He returned to his unit on 17 March 1918.
He was granted 14 days leave on 2 November 1918.
He received the Military Medal on 11 February 1919.
He served the rest of the war with the 18th Battalion with a stint of occupation duty in Germany after the war ended.
He was discharged due to demobilization on 24 May 1919 at London, Ontario.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 