Daryl James Gilchrist DODDS

DODDS, Daryl James Gilchrist

Service Number: 1175
Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 11th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Holborn, London, England, 1890
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: St Mary's School, Kilburn, London, England
Occupation: Police Constable
Died: Killed in Action, Palestine, 25 September 1918
Cemetery: Haifa War Cemetery, Israel
Grave Ref. B 51
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Queensland Police Service Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, 1175, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Toowoomba, Queensland
4 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1175, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1175, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
25 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1175, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1175 awm_unit: 11 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-09-25

Story

Constable Daryl Dodds joined the Queensland Police at the age of 21, in March 1910. He served at Toowoomba and Dalby stations before joining the A.I.F. on 2 August 1915. He embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Mashobra A42 on 4 October 1915 bound for Egypt and upon arrival was posted to 'A' squadron of the 11th Light Horse Regiment at Heliopolis. Between 1916 and 1918 Dodds and the other men of 11th LHR made patrols into the desert and attacked Gaza, Beersheba and Sheria. During an attack on Semakh on 25 September, the 11th Light Horse Regiment engaged in perhaps one of the last cavalry charges of the war with swords. Trooper Dodds, aged 28, and 14 other men were killed. Trooper Dodds is buried in Haifa War Cemetery.

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Biography contributed

Daryl James Gilchrist DODDS was born in London in 1890

His parents were William George DODDS & Ada Gilchrist who married in England in 1884