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Sifton was born in Wallacetown, Ontario and was a farmer when he enlisted in October 1914.

One of four soldiers to earn the Victoria Cross in the Battle of Vimy Ridge ( the others were Thain Wendell MacDowell, William Johnstone Milne and John George Pattison ), Sifton was 25 years old, and a Lance Sergeant in the 18th ( Western Ontario ) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.