Walter Cyril Keddy (b. 1892)

Walter Keddy was born in Nova Scotia.1) When the First World War was declared, Keddy was on Herschel Island. He and William [Wilmot] Annett mushed by dog team to Dawson, via Fort Yukon, and then took the first boat of the season to go out to enlist.2)

1)
WWI Reg. #1015571. May 29, 1916 in Sidney. Library and Archives Canada, Attestation Paper.
2)
Michael Gates, From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in World War I. Madeira Park B.C.: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. 1917: 16.