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| A meeting was held in Dawson on 18 May 1927 to affiliate the War Veterans Dawson Club with the Canadian Legion. The first officers of the Dawson Branch No1 were John F. McLennan (Pres), A.A. Bigg (1st Vice), F. B. Johns (2nd Vice), and the trustees were Frank G. Berton and E. Harry Brasseur. Private F. C. Heath was a member.((John Gould, “A Short Bit of History: Dawson Legion No.1.” Unpublished manuscript.)) | A meeting was held in Dawson on 18 May 1927 to affiliate the War Veterans Dawson Club with the Canadian Legion. The first officers of the Dawson Branch No1 were John F. McLennan (Pres), A.A. Bigg (1st Vice), F. B. Johns (2nd Vice), and the trustees were Frank G. Berton and E. Harry Brasseur. Private F. C. Heath was a member.((John Gould, “A Short Bit of History: Dawson Legion No.1.” Unpublished manuscript.)) | ||
| - | Frank Heath was posted to Ottawa in 1928 and returned to Dawson in August 1933 to resume charge of the station. Heath was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1936. He continued his role in Dawson, serving more than nineteen years in the community. Heath retired in April 1947 with the rank of Sergeant-Major (WO1). After retirement, he settled in Vancouver with this family and returned to the Yukon in the summers to serve for a few years as purser on the White Pass sternwheelers running between Dawson and Whitehorse.((“Frank Clement Heath.” Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System Portal, 2020 website: http:// | + | Frank Heath was posted to Ottawa in 1928 and returned to Dawson in August 1933 to resume charge of the Signal Radio Station. Heath was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1936. He continued his role in Dawson, serving more than nineteen years in the community. Heath retired in April 1947 with the rank of Sergeant-Major (WO1). After retirement, he settled in Vancouver with this family and returned to the Yukon in the summers to serve for a few years as purser on the White Pass sternwheelers running between Dawson and Whitehorse.((“Frank Clement Heath.” Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System Portal, 2020 website: http:// |
| Sixty photographs related to Frank Heath are in the Canadian War Museum, Photo Archives 52A including some of the first radio signal station in Dawson.((Canadian War Museum, 2020 website: https:// | Sixty photographs related to Frank Heath are in the Canadian War Museum, Photo Archives 52A including some of the first radio signal station in Dawson.((Canadian War Museum, 2020 website: https:// | ||
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