Thomas Ward Kirkpatrick (b. 1871)
	
Thomas Ward Kirkpatrick was the vice president of the Dawson Warehouse Co. Ltd. in 1902.((“Alaska Yukon Gazetteers 1901 to 1912 index.” Rasmussen Library.)) He was a Dawson miner in September 1916 when he enlisted to serve in the First World War.((WWI Reg. #2004556. September 25, 1916 in Dawson. Attestation Paper. Library and Archives Canada.)) He was recruited by Captain George Black in Dawson and was in England in August 1917.((//Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 17 August 1917.)) Kirkpatrick’s mining claim No. 4 on French Gulch was held free of cancellation while he was away in active service.((Yukon Archives, GOV 1654, f.29600-B 5(7) ))