Clarence DODDS

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Service Number:	412
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Penshurst, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Penshurst State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 April 1915
Cemetery:	Courtney’s and Steel's Post Cemetery Special Memorial, Grave 23 Chaplain A. Gillison officiated Headstone inscription reads: Goodbye old pal always I will remember you, Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Penshurst Avenue of Honour, Penshurst War Memorial, Scott's & Cowley's Creek Roll of Honor

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 412, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 412, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 412, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Son of Francis Dodds and Jane Elizabeth Dodds nee Hodgson of Scotts Creek, Victoria formerly of Penshurst, Victoria.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal