[1] Bill was able to hear and warn soldiers of incoming shell explosions, pushing 3 soldiers into a trench within seconds of an incoming shell.

Bill survived being wounded and gassed on multiple occasions.

[3] He faced courts martial on two occasions, once for eating his battalion's personnel roll and the other time for an altercation with another sergeant.

Bill can currently be found at Broadview Historical Museum in Saskatchewan.

The children's book "Sergeant Billy - the true story of the goat who went to war" by Mireille Messier (illustrated by Kass Reich) is based on the life of Sergeant Bill.