Harold Clifton RODDA MC, MiD

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RODDA, Harold Clifton

Service Number:	452
Enlisted:	15 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1892
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Natural causes, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 2 May 1945, aged 52 years
Cemetery:	Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia M2 E 191A
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World War 1 Service

15 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 452, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 452, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 452, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
21 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion
21 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion
28 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 22nd Infantry Battalion
17 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 22nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography

"...452 Sergeant Harold Clifton Rodda, 22nd Battalion... An accountant from Hawthorn, Vic prior to enlistment, Sgt Rodda embarked with B Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 10 May 1915. Whilst serving at Gallipoli, he was Mentioned in Despatches. Later promoted to Second Lieutenant and then to Acting Captain, he was awarded the Military Cross "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When held up by a hostile blockhouse he organised a party, rushed and bombed it. He then entered the blockhouse with a few men, and, after killing six of the enemy, captured fifteen prisoners and two machine guns." Subsequently Mentioned in Despatches for a second time, he returned to Australia on 19 February 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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