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DODSON, Walter Lindsay
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 905 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Boort, Victoria, Australia, February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Boort, Loddon, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 26 December 1966, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Boort State School No 1796 Roll of Honor WW1 |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 905, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 905, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 905, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 905, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 905, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd Krithia | |
| 14 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Reverted to ranks 20 March 1916 at own request. | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 905, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 13 Nov 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch of 13 November 1916 for distinguished services and gallantry and devotion in the field. | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 905, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Reduced to the ranks as sentence of GCM in the Field (repeated absences). | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 905, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
| 20 Oct 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 905, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Pte Dodson was declared absent without leave from 8 January 1918 until he was arrested in Paris on 28 November 1918. At subsequent GCM he was sentenced to 5 years in prison, however after serving 12 months he was discharged "Services no longer required". |
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