Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
Family Search: When Private Alfred Charles Bleach was born on 1 September 1896, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, George William Bleach, was 31 and his mother, Maria Hemmings, was 28. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1911 and lived in Wingham, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1920. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 11 October 1969, at the age of 73, and was buried in Maitland Cemetery, Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 