Frederick Charles Hunt

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772334

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Elm Avenue Methodist Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Dorset

Birth city:

Weymouth

Address at enlistment:

146 Market Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

146 Market Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machinist

Employer:

Ker and Goodwin Co.

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

November 23, 1916

First Casualty from the 125th – Pte. F.C. Hunt, One of First Draft, Wounded in the Hand

Information in regard to the first casualty to occur in the ranks of Brant County’s Own Battalion, the 125th, was received in the city this morning by letter from the wounded man himself, Private Frederick Charles Hunt. In the letter received by his wife, Mrs. F.C. Hunt, 95 Chestnut Avenue, he stated that his injury consisted of a slight gunshot wound in the hand. Although he had been placed on the casualty list he expected to be back with his comrades in a short time. Pte. Hunt was one of the draft of 300 that went to France recently. There he was transferred to the 1st Battalion. He was an electrician by trade and previous to enlistment was employed at Ker and Goodwin’s.

BX February 12, 1917

Reported Wounded

Word was received on Saturday by Mrs. Ellen Hunt, 136 Market Street, that her son, Private Frederick Charles Hunt of the infantry had been reported seriously wounded and admitted to No. 18 General Hospital at Camiers on February 1. Pte. Hunt went overseas with the 125th Battalion and was sent across with a draft. Before enlisting he worked at Ker & Goodwin’s as a machinist.

BX August 4, 1989

HUNT, Frederick Charles (Fred) – At the Brantford General Hospital, on Thursday, August 3, 1989, in his 93rd year; beloved husband of Verla Rose Hunt and dear father of Dona (Mrs. Clyde Stephenson) of Brantford and a son, Paul; predeceased by a son, Fred T. Hunt (1977) and brothers, Robert, Jack, Tennyson and Sebert; dearly loved grandfather of Susan Hunt and Fred Hunt, both of Buffalo, New York; Vicki (Mrs. Gordon Allison) of Elmvale; Cameron Stephenson of Barrie; also survived by five great grandchildren. Mr. Hunt was a retired automobile salesman and served overseas with the 1st Battalion Infantry and was a veteran of the First World war and also was a 55-year member of Brant Lodge No. 45 Masonic Lodge, Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M., Brant Lodge G.R.C. No. 45 A.F. and A.M. Brantford. The family will receive their friends at the Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home, 96 West Street from Friday (today) 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral service in the chapel on Saturday morning at 10.30 a.m. Canon Bob Bennett of St. Mark’s Anglican Church officiating. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Mark’s Anglican Church Memorial Fund.