Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private James Russell Walker was born on 9 December 1884, in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, his father, James Walker, was 78 and his mother, Ann Russell, was 44. He married Ella Elizabeth Best on 17 July 1907, in Collingwood, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1891. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as railroad clerk in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. He died on 24 August 1920, in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 35, and was buried in Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
This man enlisted with the 76th Overseas Battalion CEF on 27 July 1915, at Hamilton, Ontario. He was a Railroad Clerk living at 158 Bay Street, Hamilton. His regimental number was 141581.
He arrived in England at Liverpool on 5 May 1916 and was transferred to active combat duty with the 18th Battalion on 6 July 1916, arriving “in the field” on 1 August 1916.
He suffered a GSW to his back and was transferred to England for treatment aboard the Hospital Ship St. Patrick.
After treatment, he returned to the 18th Battalion on 20 August 1917 and was assigned to No. 4 Canadian Trench Mortar Battery effective 10 September 1917.
He had an injury to his 2nd finger left hand on 24 September 1917, and this began an extensive absence due Trench Fever, and it was not until 7 September 1918, that he returned to active duty with the 18th Battalion.
He served the rest of his tour with the 18th Battalion, returning to Canada with it and being released from service due to demobilization on 24 May 1919, at London, Ontario.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 