Yukon who is who

Philip Sinclair Creamer (b. 1893)

Phil Creamer was raised in Dawson and graduated from the Dawson Public School in 1912.¹⁾ His father, Sid Creamer, owned and managed the Dawson Amateur Athletic Association (DAAA). Phil started work for Yukon Gold Co. in 1913.²⁾ He was taking a forestry course in Toronto when he enlisted for overseas service in the First World War. He was a sergeant-major in a cycle corps on duty in England in 1915.³⁾ Lieutenant Creamer returned to Dawson after the war. In 1923-24 he was a clerk at the Northern Commercial Co, store.⁴⁾ In 1927 he was a member of the Dawson Canadian Legion No. 1.⁵⁾ He started working for the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp in 1933.⁶⁾ He was their chief engineer until his retirement to New Westminster in 1966. He was survived by his widow, Hazel, and a daughter.⁷⁾

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T.G. Bragg, “Yukon Schools.” Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 17 August 1915.

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Pretoria Butterworth, “Employees of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation.” Dawson City Museum and Historical Society files, 992.8.115

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Polks Gazetteer, 1923-24.

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John Gould, “A Short Bit of History: Dawson Legion No.1.” Unpublished manuscript.

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“Philip S. Creamer.” Alaska Sportsman, November 1968.