Private Dolsen was a member of the 24th Kent Regiment, Chatham.

He enlisted in Chatham Jan. 2, 1916 with the 91st battalion, later transferring to the 186th battalion with which he left for overseas Mar. 26, 1917.

He proceeded to France Sept. 7 to the 18th battalion; was invalided to England with trench feet contracted during the Battle of Passchendaele Ridge in November and returned to France Sept. 3, 1918 serving as a gunner with a Trench Mortar Battery.

He was killed in action Sept. 13, 1918.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Cenotaph	Chatham and Kent County Cenotaph - Chatham
Sources	Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919), Park Street Methodist Church, Books of Remembrance for the Great War 1914 - 18. At St. Andrews UC, Chatham - January 2010, Chatham Daily Planet (06-01-1919)
Supplemental Information	Sister: May Dolsen, California Brother: Herman Dolsen, St. Thomas

Height	5'7-1/2"
Eye Colour	brown
Age	21
Complexion	dark
Hair	black
Race	white
Birthplace	Chatham, Ontario
Religion	Methodist
Last Place of Employment	Mitchell Brothers Plumbers, Chatham
Marital Status	single
When Enlisted	Jan. 2, 1916
Where Enlisted	Chatham, Ontario

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