Source: Service records of William Bennett, reg. no. 53774.
Family Search: When Private Harry Ballantyne Vivian was born on 3 September 1891, in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada, his father, Alexander Ritson Vivian, was 33 and his mother, Helen Agnes Todd, was 35. He had at least 1 daughter with Ruby Belle Pickwell. He lived in Perth, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1938. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as machinst in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada. He died on 8 February 1971, in Essondale, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 79.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 