c:t_corville
Thomas Corville
Thomas Corville was a miner from Coal Creek. He wanted to enlist in the First World War but did not have the money for a steamer ticket to Whitehorse, so he walked the 600 km. When he reached Victoria, he was rejected for having flat feet.1)
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Michael Gates, “Yukon's World War I soldiers are not forgotten.” Yukon News (Whitehorse), 14 November 2014.
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