BX March 20, 1918
 
Brantford Men Given Reception at Hamilton - Two Wounded Veterans Arrived – Pte. S.J. Brown Escaped at Vimy Ridge but was Wounded at Lens – Pte. Anderson was Wounded in Battle of the Somme
 
HAMILTON, March 20. - Hamilton extended the hand of welcome to three Brantford returned soldiers who had volunteered their services for overseas, when they arrived at 9 o'clock this morning on the T.H. & B. Train from Toronto. Two of the returned men were veterans of the spring fighting of last year, the other rejected as physically unfit. Those who arrived were Pte. S.J. Brown, 33 Ontario Street; Pte. T. Anderson, 30 Lyons Avenue; and Lance-Corp. G. Brooks, 21 Ontario Street. Pte. S.J. Brown enlisted in Brantford, joining the 29th Battalion. Through Vimy he served unscathed, but was later wounded at the battle of Lens late last spring. Eighteen months of service in the trenches is the proud record of Pte. T. Anderson. In the Battle of the Somme, he was seriously injured with gunshot and has spent almost a year in hospitals before he was able to return.

Although seemingly over the military age, Lance-Corp. G. Brooks willingly left his home to fight the battles of freedom, but in England was honorably discharged as physically unfit.

All three men will report to hospitals here for treatment. They left for Brantford this afternoon.