Regimental Number: 432990
Rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Branch: 49th Battalion
William was born in Banchory, Scotland on February 12, 1889. In 1914, he filed on a homestead at SW 31-77-19-W5. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in January of 1915. William was killed in action at Courcelette on September 15 or 16, 1916.