Source: Service summary of James Nelson.
Family Search: When Sergeant George Stronach was born on 2 August 1895, in Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Stronach, was 46 and his mother, Jessie Wilson, was 25. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1913 and lived in Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as teamster. He died on 21 August 1917, in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 22, and was buried in Noeux-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 