William Frederick Hooton

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164113

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Nottinghamshire

Birth city:

Nottingham

Address at enlistment:

264 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

264 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Barber

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Accident/Illness

BX April 27, 1917

Returned Men

In all probability three more returned men will arrive in the city tomorrow evening. They are Corporal W. Mason, Tutela P.O., Ptes, H. Royle, 74 Emilie Street and William Frederick Hooton, 277 Darling Street. Corp. Mason of Tutela is a married man, who went overseas with the 125th Battalion, having enlisted in January 1916.

BX April 28, 1917

Returning Home

Mr. George McDonald, secretary of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission, has received word that Privates Harry Royle, 74 Emilie Street, and William Frederick Hooton, 227 Darling Street, left Quebec at noon yesterday on their way to Brantford.

BX April 30, 1917

Invalided Men Returned Home

Three soldiers invalided home from the front arrived in the city Saturday and with one exception, and that by accident, none was met as the coming was unheralded. Privates H. Royle, of 74 Emilie Street, and W.F. Hooton, 277 Darling Street, slipped back into the city during the morning and Corp. W. Mason, of Tutela, during the afternoon. J.H. Spence of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission was by chance at the station and learning of Corp. Mason’s arrival welcomed him and took him home in his auto. Pte. Hooton was formerly a barber here and was rejected from the first Brant County battalion in England on account of being past the age limit for overseas. Corp. Mason is home on furlough to convalesce from an attack of rheumatism. He was also a member of the first Brant County Battalion.