Source: Per post by Allan Miller at the Elgin Regiment Facebook Group.
Family Search: When Gerald Plomley was born on 11 January 1888, in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Frederick Plomley, was 42 and his mother, Clara Margaret Bunter, was 40. He lived in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada for about 7 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 27, his occupation is listed as teamster in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He died on 4 September 1932, in Elgin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 44, and was buried in South Park Cemetery, Lyndale, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 