The Yukon fallen of World War I

"A collection of short biographies dedicated to the Yukoners who perished while serving the Allied cause during World War One. The Yukon was one of the most isolated parts of the British Empire but when news came by telegram that war had been declared against Germany, the response to the call for volunteers was immediate. It was boasted that more Yukoners volunteered per capita than any other jurisdiction in the country. Of the five thousand inhabitants scattered over an area twice the size of England, more than a thousand signed up for service. High school students enlisted, some lying about their age to do so. Brothers joined up, as did fathers and sons. Two men mushed all the way from Herschel Island to enroll in Dawson. Miners answered the call from the Klondike, Mayo, Atlin, Forty Mile, Kluane, Livingston Creek, Carcross, Carmacks and Whitehorse. Americans, Serbians, Frenchmen and Montenegrins living in the Yukon also rallied to the flag. Several members of the Yukon Council took up the flag, leaving barely a quorum to carry on the business of government. From the most humble, to the most prominent, they all responded to the call to arms. This collection of short biographies was compiled by the Whitehorse Legion and will be published to mark the hundredth anniversary of the end of the conflict--November 11, 1918. Yukon Fallen honours and gives colour to the individual sacrifices made by those soldier who did not live to see the end of the war."--