 A piper of Charles Dunbar's renown could not help but come to the attention of the 91st (later the Argyll and Sutherland) Highlanders of Canada, Princess Louise's.He was asked by senior officers of the regiment to join them and on 15 September 1913, he enlisted as pipe major.It is reported that he was also solicited by the 48th Highlanders of Toronto but Charles Dunbar was unwilling to supplant James Fraser who was the regiment's serving pipe major.