DODD, Arthur William
| Service Number: | 1638 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 12 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cook's Hill Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Cooks Hill Life Saving & Surf Club War Memorial, Cooks Hill Lifesaving & Surf Club War Memorial, Cooks Hill St John's Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1638, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1638, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1638, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1638, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1638 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Edward and Mary Ann DODD. Native of Newcastle, New South Wales
KILLED IN ACTION.
CORPORAL DODD.-Mr. J. Dodd, of Cook's Hill, has been advised that his son, Corporal A. W. Dodd, previously reported missing on the 12th October, 1917, has now been reported killed in action on that date. Corporal Dodd was in the employ of Messrs. J. Ireland, Limited, prior to enlisting, and sailed with "Newcastle's Own."
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 12th October 1917, Corporal Arthur William Dodd, referred to as Art, 35th Battalion (Lewis Machine Gunner, Reg No-1638), grocer (storeman, J. Ireland & Co. Pty Ltd., Newcastle, N.S.W.), from 17 Bull Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, was Killed in Action by an enemy artillery shell, 1st Battle of Passchendaele, age 25.
Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales on the 12th September 1892 as William Arthur to James Edward J (died 3.3.1935, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., age 73) of 21 Dumaresq Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., and Mary Ann Dodd (died 27.8.1935, Stockton, N.S.W., age 70) of 164 Fullerton Street, North Stockton, N.S.W., Art enlisted on the 15th February 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Wounded in action - 13.6.1917 (GSW left shoulder), 29.7.1917 (not stated).
Reported Missing in Action 12.10.1917.
Report of burial by the Canadian Graves Registration Unit 17.11.1917.
Mr. Dodd’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium.
Place of Association - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Art’s name has also been inscribed on the Book of Gold, J. Ireland Pty Ltd Roll of Honour, Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Cooks Hill Lifesaving and Surf Club Memorial (Vice-Captain) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised Dodd gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of their son for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 2-133. 50.
Younger brother Frederick John (referred to as Snitcher, awarded the Military Medal, born 2.9.1895, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, storeman from 17 Bull Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, enlisted 3.5.1915, 20th Battalion, Reg No-457, RTA 30.5.1919, died 20.3.1983, 7 Evans Street, Belmont, N.S.W., age 87, not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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