Source: Elgin County Book of Remembrance
Family Search: Private Alfred Bachley was born on 18 August 1883, in Canada as the son of Harry Bachley and Alice Curtis. He married Rose Anna Bell on 1 January 1920, in Yarmouth Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Sarnia, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada in 1913. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as moulder in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He died on 17 January 1949, in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 65, and was buried in Elmdale Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 