Philip Sinclair Creamer (b. 1893)

Phil Creamer was raised in Dawson and graduated from the Dawson Public School in 1912.1) His father, Sid Creamer, owned and managed the Dawson Amateur Athletic Association (DAAA). Phil started work for Yukon Gold Co. in 1913.2) He was taking a forestry course in Toronto when he enlisted for overseas service in the First World War. He was a sergeant-major in a cycle corps on duty in England in 1915.3) Lieutenant Creamer returned to Dawson after the war. In 1923-24 he was a clerk at the Northern Commercial Co, store.4) In 1927 he was a member of the Dawson Canadian Legion No. 1.5) He started working for the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp in 1933.6) He was their chief engineer until his retirement to New Westminster in 1966. He was survived by his widow, Hazel, and a daughter.7)

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T.G. Bragg, “Yukon Schools.” Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 17 August 1915.
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Pretoria Butterworth, “Employees of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation.” Dawson City Museum and Historical Society files, 992.8.115
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Polks Gazetteer, 1923-24.
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John Gould, “A Short Bit of History: Dawson Legion No.1.” Unpublished manuscript.
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“Philip S. Creamer.” Alaska Sportsman, November 1968.