Yukon who is who

This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong.

Charles Thomas O’Brien (1896 – 1918)
	
Charley O’Brien was born in Forty Mile, the son of Thomas William and Anna O’Brien. He went to school in Dawson and was working as a labourer when he enlisted for service in the First World War. He was deployed to France with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in March 1918 and was promoted to sergeant. In June, he joined the Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade and became a gun commander.((D. Blair Neatby and Michael Gates, //The Yukon Fallen of World War I.// Whitehorse Legion Branch 254, 2018: 84.))

O’Brien was killed in action at le Quesnoy when he and Angus McKellar, a Forty Mile Royal North-West Mounted Police officer, were hit by a shell that struck their armoured car.((Michael Gates, “Death toll rises with the approach of war’s end.” //The Klondike Sun// (Dawson), 6 April 2016.)) Sergeant Charles O’Brien was awarded the British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal. He is buried at the Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension in Somme, France.((D. Blair Neatby and Michael Gates, //The Yukon Fallen of World War I.// Whitehorse Legion Branch 254, 2018: 84.))