Source: Gathering Our Heroes
Find-A-Grave
Family Search: Private William M. Kane was born on 12 July 1870, in Maryhill, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom as the son of Kane. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1921. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as labourer, Dominion Sugar Company in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada.
Overage: Attestation papers show apparent age was 44 years old on October 27, 1914. Discharged May 5, 1917 at the age of 55. Transferred to the Canadian Field Artillery on March 19, 1916.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 