Source: Per email with news clipping from Jim Kelly.
Family Search: Private William John Devine was born on 5 July 1898, in Paisley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as butcher in Paisley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 August 1979, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Tara, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 