Hamilton Daglish (b. 1874)
Hamilton Daglish was born in England. He was a gold miner on Dominion Creek around 1909.1) He was still mining near Dawson in 1916 when he enlisted to serve in the First World War.2) On 3 June 1916, claims 7 and 8 below the mouth of All Gold on Flat Creek were transferred from J.D. Ryan to Hamilton Daglish. E. J. Corp sold Hamilton Daglish all interests in No 10 on Flat Creek below the mouth of All Gold Creek on 13 June 1916.3) These claims were all held free of cancellation for the duration of the war.4) Sergeant Daglish was recruited by Captain George Black and was in England by August 1917. 5) He returned to the Yukon after the war and registered as a returned soldier looking for work in March 1920.6)
Daglish was living in Keno in 1923-24.7) This is about the time he started working for the federal postal service. He was living in Dawson in 1934 when he transferred to Whitehorse. He retired in 1942 after working eighteen years with the postal service, and he and his wife moved to Victoria, British Columbia.8)