Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Find-A-Grave
Family Search: John Walker was born on 7 February 1878, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. He had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Mary Walker. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as carpenter in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 29 January 1958, in London, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 79.
| Reg number | 746136 |
| Name | Walker, John |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 2/20/1905 |
| Date of Death | 1/25/1958 |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | Scotland |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Address | 215 nassau St, Oshawa, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 1/8/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Oshawa |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 1/8/1916 |
| Left 116th | 10/6/1916 |
| Married | yes |
| Occupation | carpenter |
| Wounded date | |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | cataract |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | |
| Sick | yes |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | D Coy, 3 boys, 4 girls (2 to 13) |
| Field Punishment | |
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| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 