Frederick Filmore “Fred” Wyatt (1878 - 1917)

Fred Wyatt was born in Danville, Quebec. He joined the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles in 1902 and fought in the Boer War. He was a former Canadian amateur boxing champion and was a well-known boxer in Dawson.¹⁾ Wyatt was a miner in Dawson before he enlisted in the First World War.²⁾ He and Isbella Beveridge Blyth were married in Vancouver in December 1916. He served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and then the 72nd Battalion, and fought in France and Belgium. Wyatt was wounded in action and evacuated to No. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station where he died. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal. Private Fred Wyatt is buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery in Belgium.³⁾