Digitized Service Record
Source: Post by David Archer at the 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
Find-A-Grave
Family Search: When Private William Thomas Willard was born on 13 June 1888, in Thedford, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, his father, Sylvester Willer, was 31 and his mother, Mary Ann Stubbs, was 27. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Elizabeth Ester Gratton. He lived in Lambton, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada for about 7 years. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1931, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as labourer in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. He died on 30 December 1965, in London, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ward Cemetery, Lambton Shores, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 