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Will was in the EF when Robin and the Men raided Maleficent's castle (Forget Me Not - OUaTiW), which was when Will joined the team. While it is not totally certain, the way everything was presented in Heart of Gold is that HOG predates FMN.

As a tangential off-topic comment...Will was in Oz before he went to Wonderland. It is debateable at this point whether Will was originally from the EF or OZ., but in either case, Will ended up in Wonderland, and then came back (the first time) to the EF prior to Regina casting the curse. Will was in Storybrooke for the 28 years that the curse was in effect, and was grabbed by the White Rabbit (Down the Rabbit Hole - OUaTiW) right after the curse was broken and the wraith attack (Broken).

Further discussion and speculation of Will's background should be moved over to a different thread, as that discussion does not pertain to Thoughts on HOG.