William Lawrence Dawson Douglas (b. 1886) William Douglas was born in Maitland, Nova Scotia. He was a chauffeur in Dawson in September 1916 when he enlisted for service in the First World War.((Library and Archives Canada, Attestation Paper. WWI Reg. #2004528 Sept. 25, 1916 in Dawson.)) When he returned from the war, Douglas was employed by the Yukon Government in the general employment category around 1920.((Yukon Archives, GOV 1654, f.29600-G.)) He was the government vendor in Keno Hill in 1923-24.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 364.))