Yukon who is who

George Vail Raymond (1896 – 1918)

George Raymond was born in Digby, Nova Scotia. His family moved to Whitehorse when he was young.¹⁾ He enlisted to serve during the First World War in October 1916.²⁾ Raymond joined the Yukon Infantry, was transferred to the 17th Canadian Machine Gun Company, then the No. 1 Cadet Wing, Royal Flying Corps. He was posted to the 73rd Squadron, RFC and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. George Raymond died in 1918 when his Sopwith Camel stalled five minutes after take-off. He is buried in Coulommiers Communal Cemetery in Sein-et-Marne, France. Mount Raymond, southeast of Old Crow, was named in his honour in June 1973.³⁾