Source: Mentioned in September 1915 Medical Officer’s war diary suffering synovitis of the ankle.
Family Search: Private Harry Steenton was born on 29 June 1881, in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Jessie Alice Lester in 1905, in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada for about 7 years. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as carpet weaver in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. He died on 18 January 1958, in London, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada · Wednesday, May 04, 1927
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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