DODDS, Robert William
| Service Number: | 114 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1915, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension Row E. Grave No. 10, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 114, 23rd Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 114, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 114, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Robert fought on Gallipoli from early September 1915 till he was wounded with shell shock on 19 November 1915 and evacuated to Egypt. He was recommended for a Military Medal for his good and gallant conduct at Pozieres the week before he died. He was mortally wounded on the 4 August 1916 and died of wounds the next day.
Robert's younger brother 2344 Pte. James Dodds 7th Battalion AIF, was also killed at Pozieres, 2 weeks later on 18 August 1916, aged 20.
His half-brother (same mother) 1247 John William Eaves 8th Battalion AIF won the MM, and was recommended for a DCM.
Another brother QX3057 Private Gilbert Dodds 2/9th Battalion AIF, was killed in action in Libya on 21 March 1941, one of the first Australian casualties of WW2, age 38.
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