Source: Per news clipping post by David Archer at 18th Battalion Facebook Page (not group).
Family Search: When Private George Robert Wood was born on 23 May 1898, in Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, George William Wood, was 21 and his mother, Mary Francis Willison, was 20. He married Cécile M. Bosquée on 1 May 1919, in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 17, his occupation is listed as farmer in Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 3 October 1952, in Willow Run, Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 