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Robt. William DODDS

Regimental number114
Place of birthPort Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressBairnsdale Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Robt. Dodds, Francis Street, Bairnsdale, Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date17 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


For gallantry and devotion to duty as stretcher-bearer (Pozieres).
Recommendation date: 9 August 1916

FateDied of wounds 5 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBou ? court Communal Cemetery Extension (Row E. Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Esther DODDS, 87 Glastone Street, Melbourne, Victoria

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