Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
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Family Search: When George Samuel White was born on 13 April 1895, in Reach, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, his father, Edwin White, was 36 and his mother, Matilda Friday, was 33. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1895.
| Reg number | 745218 |
| Name | White, George Samuel |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 3/8/1905 |
| Date of Death | |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | Canada |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Port Perry, ON |
| Address | Port Perry, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 12/7/1915 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Port Perry |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | 34th Regiment |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 12/7/1915 |
| Left 116th | 10/6/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | cleaner and presser |
| Wounded date | 7/5/1917 |
| Wound type/Death particulars | cerebral spinal fever/spinal meningitis (thought it was a concussion) |
| 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 | A Coy invalided to Canada mar 28., 1918 |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | yes |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 