BX June 7, 1915

Lieutenant Ashton Cockshutt and Pte. Hamilton Hit – Former a son of W.F. Cockshutt, M.P., Enlisted at Calgary – Pte. Hamilton, a Brother of Corp. Hamilton, Who Was Last Week Reported Wounded

Mrs. Robert Hamilton, who resides at 54 Peel Street, received an official telegram from the adjutant-general at Ottawa this morning, announcing that her son, Private Robert Hamilton, who enlisted here with the first contingent of Dufferin Rifles, had received a gunshot wound in the head in the fighting on May 27. No further particulars were given, and it is not known here whether the wounds are of a very serious nature or not.

Private Robert Hamilton is well known in Brantford having been connected for the past three years with the Dufferin Rifles. He is unmarried, and at the time of his enlistment, boarded at 171 Terrace Hill Street. By trade Private Hamilton is a painter.
On Tuesday of last week Private Hamilton’s brother, Corporal W.W. Hamilton, who enlisted with the Duffs, having previously been a sergeant of the 38th was reported wounded.