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Charles Sedley William Barwell (b. 1874)

Charles Barwell was born in England.1) He came into the Yukon River basin in 1897.2) He was working as a surveyor and civil engineer in Dawson between 1901 and 1916. In 1902 he worked for Barwell-White-Fraser and in 1905 he worked for Barwell and Bond. At other times he ran his own company without partners.3) Barwell enlisted to serve in the First World War in September 1916.4) Lance Corporal Barwell was recruited for service in the First World War by Captain George Black and was in England by August 1917.5)

1) , 4)
Library and Archives Canada, Sergeant, WWI #2004504. 22 September 1916 at Dawson.
2)
Yukon Archives, Otto Nordling fond 79/34.
3)
Rasmussen Library, Alaska Yukon Gazetteers index, 1901 -1912.
5)
Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 17 August 1917.
b/c_barwell.txt · Last modified: 2024/10/03 10:26 by sallyr