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Family Search: When Private Thomas Gordon Walkinghood was born on 9 January 1883, in Reed City, Osceola, Michigan, United States, his father, Christopher Walkinghood, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Miller, was 21. He married Lavina Dodman on 18 June 1919, in Thamesville, Kent, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1897 and lived in Bothwell, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Thamesville, Kent, Ontario, Canada for about 6 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as mechanic in Thamesville, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 17 November 1967, in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 84, and was buried in Thamesville, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
Photo of Pte. Walkinghood with Company D of the 18th Battalion
AKA Gordon Walkinghood .
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 