Source: Per news clipping post by David Archer at 18th Battalion Facebook Page (not group).
Family Search: When Private Murton George White was born on 30 March 1895, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his father, George David White, was 30 and his mother, Harriett Lift, was 28. He married Annie Harvey on 7 April 1916, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1895 and Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada for about 16 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1931, at the age of 36, his occupation is listed as salesman in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He died on 15 December 1975, in Penetanguishene, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in St. John’s Anglican Cemetery, Waverley, Springwater Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
First soldier found as of 5 March 2025 to name trade or calling as an artist.
Wounded by same shell that wounded my Grandfather, Pte. William Robb Dewar, reg no. 53902.
Mon, Jul 23, 1917 ·Page 5.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 