Source: November 1920 casualty search via CWGC.
Family Search: When Private Reuben Podger was born on 8 April 1870, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Podger, was 31 and his mother, Charlotte Tucker, was 26. He had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Alice Mary Bartholomew. He lived in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Ayr, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as labourer in Ayr, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died on 17 November 1920, in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 50, and was buried in Mountview Cemetery, Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 