Howard George DODD

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DODD, Howard George

Service Number:	1316
Enlisted:	30 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Port Elliott, South Australia, 4 January 1894
Home Town:	Port Elliot, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Orroroo District Roll of Honour WW1, Port Elliot Institute Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

30 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1316, Oaklands, South Australia
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1316, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1316, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
2 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1316, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John George DODD and May Ann nee ROUSE, Port Elliot, SA

Private Howard DOOD, who is reported among the missing at the Dardanelles, is the fifth son of Mr. J.G. Dodd (librarian of the Port Elliot Institute), and is in the twenty-second year of his age. He has bee a promintent athlete, and is well known in football and tennis circles both in the Port Elliot district and in the north.

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