Francois Pregent (1873-1917)

Francois Pregent was born in Chateauguay, Quebec and became a miner in the Dawson area.1) He was recruited by Captain George Black during the First World War and was in England in August 1917.2) He was killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge on October 30, 1917.3) Private Pregent was awarded the British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.4) His name is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium.5)

1)
Attestation Paper, Library and Archives Canada
2)
Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 17 August 1917.
3)
Michael Gates, From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in World War I. Madeira Park B.C.: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. 1917: 107.
4)
D. Blair Neatby and Michael Gates, The Yukon Fallen of World War I. Whitehorse: Whitehorse Legion Branch 254, 2017: 89.
5)
Michael Gates, “Paying Homage to the Yukon fallen of World War I.” Yukon News (Whitehorse), 14 September 2018.