Captain Arthur M. Blakely was a Lieutenant in the 24th. Kent Regiment, Chatham. He joined the University Officer’s Training Corps, Toronto, in the Fall of 1914, and one year later volunteered in the R.A.M.C. Toronto.

Captain Arthur M. Blakely was appointed Medical Officer of the 186th. Battalion in the Spring of 1916, going overseas with this unit the latter part of March. On arrival in England he was sent to Westonhanger and a short time later to the Convalescent Hospital, Epsom.

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Sources

IODE, Park Street Methodist Church, Books of Remembrance for the Great War 1914 - 18. At St. Andrews UC, Chatham - January 2010 (29-09-1918), Park Street Methodist Church, Books of Remembrance for the Great War 1914 - 18. At St. Andrews UC, Chatham - January 2010 (01-07-1919), Chatham Daily Planet (14-01-1915), Chatham Daily Planet (07-10-1918), Chatham Daily Planet (11-10-1918), Chatham Daily Planet (20-02-1919), Chatham Daily Planet (08-06-1919), Chatham Daily Planet (16-06-1919), Victor Lauriston - Romantic Kent - The Story of a County 1626-1952

Height	5' 7 1/2''
Eye Colour	Blue
Age	32
Complexion	Fair
Hair	Light Brown
Race	White
Birthplace	Madoc, Ontario.
Religion	Methodist
Last Place of Employment	House Surgeon in the Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
Marital Status	Single
When Enlisted	May, 1916
Where Enlisted	Chatham, Ontario
Next of Kin	Mother- Mrs. Lavina Blakely, Chatham, Ontario.

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