William Frederick Hastings

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164118

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

St. James Anglican Church (Paris)

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Leicestershire

Birth city:

Leicester

Address at enlistment:

Paris, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Paris, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Mill hand

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX June 19, 1916

Paris Man Wounded

Word was received in Paris this morning that William Frederick Hastings, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hastings, West River Street, Paris, had been wounded at the front. He joined the 25th Brant Dragoons at Paris early in the history of the war and was later transferred to the 84th Battalion and left early last summer with a draft of men for overseas. Official announcement of his wounding was received this morning.