Source: Found during research in Veterans Death Cards.
Family Search: When Private William Frederick Kane was born on 4 November 1890, in South Norfolk, Manitoba, Canada, his father, Paul Kane, was 36 and his mother, Abigail Mary Uniac, was 33. He married Margaret Jean Gordon on 26 January 1920, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Manitoba, Canada in 1916 and Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada in 1922. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as clerk, northern crown bank in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He died on 7 May 1931, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 40, and was buried in St. John’s Anglican Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Private William Frederick Kane, reg. no. 422931.
This man enlisted with the 44th Overseas Battalion at Winnipeg, Manitoba on 11 May 1915. He was a bank clerk with the Northern Crown Bank.
He went overseas and arrived England on 13 September 1915 and was stationed at Shorncliffe Camp. He was transferred to the 30th Reserve Battalion on 19 October 1915 and was then transferred to the 18th Battalion on 11 February 1916.
He was then shipped overseas and arrived at the Canadian Base Depot, Harve, France on 13 February 1916. arriving “in the field” on 2 March 1916.
On 18 May 1916, he was sentenced to 2 days Field Punishment No. 1 for being “Absent from Fatique” on the day before.
He was wounded at St. Elois, Belgium on 5 June 1916 with a bullet wound that entered the right rear of his head and exited his left eye, causing the loss of that eye and the permanent damage to the right eye, as well as complications due to foreign objects in his sinuses.
He was initially treated at No. 8 British Red Cross Hospital and then was shipped aboard the H.S. Stad Antwerpen on 26 June 1916.
He was treated in England and his treatment was extensive.
He was discharged from medical care in December 1917, and was invalided to Canada 16 December 1916.
He was admitted to The Queen’s Military Hospital, where he was resident for 271 days. He had a “plastic operation” related to his wounds.
He was discharged due to wounds on 18 April 1918.
WILLIAM KANE DIES AFTER 2 YEARS’ ILLNESS
William F. Kane, of 251 Balfour ave., a veteran of the World War, died in Winnipeg, Thursday, after a two years’ illness which developed from wounds received while in action in France 15 years ago.
He enlisted in Winnipeg in 1915 with the 44th battalion and was seriously wounded in an engagement at St. Eloi in 1916. As a result of his wounds, he almost completely lost his eyesight.
He was born at Rathwell, Manitoba, and received his elementary education in the public and high schools of his native town. Later he attended schools in Winnipeg. He entered the service of Northern Crown Bank in Winnipeg and was employed there when the war started.
He leaves a widow and two children; his mother, Mrs. A. M. Kane, residing at 938 Corydon ave.; two sisters, Mary, residing at home, and Mrs. T. M. Willett, Rathwell; and two brothers, Douglass, Swift Current, and Paul, Winnipeg.
The Winnipeg Tribune Fri, May 08, 1931 ·Page 11
William Frederick Kane, 39, of 251 Balfour st., who died Thursday in Winnipeg, will be buried today in St. John’s cemetery. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. from the Clark-Leatherdale Funeral home. Rev. G. W. Findlay, of St. James Anglican church, will officiate.
The Winnipeg Tribune. Sat, May 09, 1931 ·Page 28
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 