9154 Lieutenant Arthur George Eddis was born in Toronto, Ontario on 28 January 1891, the son of Francis Arthur Eddis and Emily Elizabeth Patrick. He attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute and had four sisters. His father served in The Queen’s Own Rifles in the 1880s and was in the North West Field Force.

Eddis enlisted with the QOR militia in 1908, was involved with the marksmanship program and competed in Ottawa. He participated in the 1910 trip to England with the rank of Corporal. He also had an interest in photography.

Eddis worked as a chartered accountant at Wilton C. Eddis and Sons when he enlisted with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force on 22 September 1914 as a Sergeant. After training in Quebec and England, he went with the Battalion to France and Belgium in February 1915.

On 8 May 1915, he was promoted to Lieutenant but three weeks later Lieutenant Eddis was killed in action on 27 May 1915, aged 24.  His body was buried and recorded but later lost in the confusion of the war so he is remembered by name on the Vimy Memorial in France.

See also A Wooden Mallett and Six Sergeants.