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DODEMAIDE, Arthur Robert
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| Service Number: | 3312 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mildura, Vic., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 13 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France I Q 8A, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura Methodist Church & Sunday School Great War Honor Roll, Mildura Primary School War Memorial |
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles H Dodermaide, Pine Avenue, Mildura, Victoria
Military Medal
'Near POZIERES, 7th/13th August, 1916. Carried wounded continuously from the front line under heavy fire. He worked unceasingly all night and refused relief saying "the wounded men must be got in".'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917
DODEMAIDE —In sad remembrance of my dear friend, Private Arthur R. Dodemaide, A.I.F., who died of wounds in France, September 13th, 1916.
Somewhere in France he is lying;
He answered his Country's call;
He died an Australian hero,
Fighting to save us all.
—Inserted by M. Robinson.
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