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DOSSETT, Roland Daniel
(Service number 13/2223)

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank

Birth

Date	19/02/1893	Place of Birth	Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	7 Market Street, Dunedin
Occupation	Salesman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	H. C. DOSSETT (father), Pleasant Point, Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Clerk

Death

Date	11 December 1961	Age	68 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 8, Plot 330
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Roland Daniel DOSSETT was the son of Henry Charles and Catherine (Kate, nee HORGAN) DOSSETT. Two brothers of Roland served in WWI - Frederick John and Henry Charles.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0034880) [18 March 2015];

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