DODD, Lindsay Ray
| Service Number: | 4776 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Unley St. Augustine's Church Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 4776, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 4776, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 4776, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4776 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-22 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4776, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private L. R. DODD, who was killed in action in France on the 22nd of August, was in his 21st year. He was a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Grist, or Cambridge-terrace, Malvern. He had resided at Morgan and later Broken Hill. He enlisted in March, 1917, and soon afterwards left for active service with the 43rd Battalion Infantry. After finishing his training in England he went to France. He was wounded in action in May last, and was for some time in hospital, On recovering he rejoined his unit, with which he served until he met his death. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him for his lively and genial temperament and unassuming manner.
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