William Alfred Rust

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

210755

Unit at enlistment:

36th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Address at enlistment:

10 Kennedy Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

10 Kennedy Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX April 23, 1915

Have a Grievance

Private William Alfred Rust, who volunteered with the third active service contingent, now in training in Hamilton, was rejected along with nine other Brantford men on account of their inability to measure up to the high medical examination standards. Private Rust returned to Brantford on Wednesday and was required to pay his own fare home. He feels that since he gave up his job to go on active service, and his job having since been filled, that the least the militia department could do, would be to pay the return fares of the men who were passed by the local medical examiners.

BX February 23, 1948

William A. Rust

William Alfred Rust, 98 Queen Street, passed away Saturday at the Brantford General Hospital, in his 71st year. He was born in England, and had been a resident of Brantford for the past 40 years. For many years he was employed by the City Works Department. Mr. Rust was a veteran of the First World War, having served with the 98th Battalion of St. Catharines. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Sarah Rust, in the United States; one son, Frank W. Rust, Brantford, and one daughter, Miss Gladys Rust, in the United States. Mr. Rust is resting at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home where the service will be conducted Tuesday afternoon. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX February 26, 1948

William A. Rust

Services for William Alfred Rust, 98 Queen Street, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home by Rev. C.H. Scoffield. Interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery. The pallbearers were Ray Clark, William Clark, Bert Lavelle and Fred Campbell, representing the City Works Department, and Joseph Whittaker and John Wilkes.