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Charles Randall Moore (b. 1890)

Charles Moore was a telegraph operator and a skilled railway operator in May 1917 when he enlisted for service in the First World War.1) He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was anxious to get home after the war and took a raft down the Fiftymile River to frozen Lake Laberge, walked around the lake, and then built another raft to float down the Yukon River to Big Salmon. He obtained a small boat there and made it down to Dawson where he settled into the Great War Association headquarters.2)

1)
WWI Reg. #2125830. May 25, 1917 in Calgary. Attestation paper, Library and Archives Canada.
2)
Michael Gates, From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in World War I. Madeira Park B.C.: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. 2017: 207.
m/c_moore.txt · Last modified: 2024/12/03 20:53 by sallyr