Source: T.O.S. November 1916 War Diary.
Family Search: When Captain Elmer Ernest Beckel was born on 31 August 1889, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America, his father, John Beckel, was 34 and his mother, Helena Jane Nancekivell, was 28. He married Beatrice Mary Driver on 17 April 1920, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada in 1930 and Collins Bay, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada in 1940. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1940, his occupation is listed as quartermaster, collins bay penitentary in Collins Bay, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. He died on 26 October 1954, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 65, and was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
Very involved in the Kiwanis Club when he lived in Brantford, Ontario.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 