Source: “Duty Nobly Done” page 298. Earned a Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Family Search: When Lance-Corporal John Henry Yahba was born on 1 October 1880, in Saugeen 29, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, Amos Yahba, was 24 and his mother, Kam Yahba, was 14. He had at least 1 son and 4 daughters with Annie Florence Adelaide Ritchie. He lived in Chippawa Hill, Saugeen 29, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as farmer in Chippawa Hill, Saugeen 29, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 November 1953, in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
Indigenous soldier. Saugeen Reserve, Chippewa Hill.
Article at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
Citation:
During the operation at Iwuy, on 10th/11th October, 1918, he took command of the section when his section commander was killed, and led the forward. Throughout he showed great gallantry and initiative and rendered valuable service.
Private John Henry Yahba served with the 18th Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF, following the breakup of the 160th Battalion in Feb. of 1918. He was an original enlistee into the 135th Canadian Infantry Battalion which explains his service number being outside the number block assigned to the 160th Battalion. His date of transfer to the 160th was Jan. 31, 1916.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 