George Eric Otis (1872 - 1917)
	
George Eric Otis was born in Quebec and became a miner in the Dawson area.((WWI Reg. #2004591. September 25, 1916 in Dawson. Attestation Paper, Library and Archives Canada)) He was recruited by Captain George Black during the First World War and was in England in August 1917.((//Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 17 August 1917.)) He was with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry when he was killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge on October 30, 1917.((Michael Gates,// From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in World War I.// Madeira Park B.C.: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. 2017: 107.)) His name is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium.((Michael Gates, “Paying Homage to the Yukon fallen of World War I,” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 14 September 2018.)) George Otis was awarded the British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.((D. Blair Neatby and Michael Gates, //The Yukon Fallen of World War I.// Whitehorse: Whitehorse Legion Branch 254, 2018: 85.))