Joseph Alanson Harkin (b. 1891) Joseph Harkin went to school in Dawson.((Library and Archives Canada, Reg WWI Reg. # 516305. 8 July 1916 in Victoria.)) In 1911-12, he was a mill hand in the Dawson Yukon Saw Mill Company.((Rasmussen Library, //Alaska Yukon Gazetteers// 1901 to 1912 index.)) He was a mine foreman in 1916 when he enlisted for service in the First World War.((Library and Archives Canada, Reg WWI Reg. # 516305. 8 July 1916 in Victoria.)) Harkin was in active service in 1917-18.((//Polks Gazetteer// 1917-18.))