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James Richard Irvine (b. 1873)

James Richard Irvine was a hose man with the Dawson fire department in 1907.1) He was a miner and a widower in 1916 when he enlisted to serve in the First World War.2) He was recruited by Captain George Black and was in England in August 1917.3) He remained in active service in 1917-18.4)

1)
Rasmussen Library, Alaska Yukon Gazetteers 1901 to 1912 index.
2)
Library and Archives Canada, WWI Reg. #2004646. 13 December 1916 in Victoria. Attestation Paper.
3)
Dawson Daily News (Dawson) 17 August 1917.
4)
Polks Gazetteer 1917-18; Yukon Archives, PAM 1917-0015.
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