Source: 18th Battalion War Diary
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Family Search: Major Gerald Thomas was born on 11 April 1888, in Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland as the son of Alexander Thomas and Elizabeth Geraldine Nepean. He married Nursing Sister Pauline Gertrude Essery on 7 February 1921, in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1922. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as farm labourer.
Married Nursing Sister Pauline Getrude Essery.
Military Medal, Military Cross. Served in World War 2.
ATTEND NIECE’S WEDDING
Mrs. A. Hastings of Exeter, and Mrs. James Oke, of Centralia, let Tuesday evening for Palmerston to attend the wedding of their niece, Miss Pauline Essery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Essery, nursing sister overseas with the C.A.M.C., to Mr. Gerald Thomas, a lieutenant of the 18th Battalion, having been decorated with the M.C. and M.M. The wedding took place in St. Paul’s church, Palmerston.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 