Geoffrey Hardwick DODSON

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DODSON, Geoffrey Hardwick

Service Number:	793
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Rugby, Warwickshire, England., 1892
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Palestine, 2 May 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jerusalem Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA

World War 1 Service

19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 793, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 793, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
13 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 793, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 793, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Fremantle
2 May 1918:	Involvement Trooper, 793, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 793 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-05-02

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Sep 1892 Dodson Geoffrey Hardwick Rugby 6d 540.

He was 25 and the son of Frederick Hardwick Dodson and Kate Dodson, of 4, St. Matthew's St., Rugby.

He is honoured on the Rugby War Memorial which takes the form of a pair of wrought iron gates with gold decoration, supported by two curved Portland stone piers with ornamental mountings.

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