DODD, Julian Ambrose
| Service Number: | 4766 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 February 1898 |
| Home Town: | Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer's assistant |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 September 1955, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot ANZ-8, Row 13, Grave No. 32 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4766, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4766, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4766, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4766, 31st Infantry Battalion |
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From Australian Remembrance Army
Private Julian Ambrose Dodd (Service No. 4766), an Australian World War One veteran who enlisted as a 17 year old, is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with a plaque recognising their service for Australia.
On 23 September 2023, we unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery, along with a further 300 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
See Australian Remembrance Army Facebook page
Julian Ambrose Dodd was born on 9 February 1898 in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Henry Dodd and Julia Dodd (née Harrington). He was working as an engineer’s assistant when the First World War enlistment campaigns urged young men to join the Australian Imperial Force. Although only seventeen, Julian was determined to serve; on 25 September 1915 he enlisted in Brisbane, stating his age as eighteen years and seven months in order to meet the minimum age requirement.
Julian was posted to 9th Infantry Battalion and embarked from Brisbane in March 1916 bound first for Egypt, where he entered the AIF training system at Tel-el-Kebir and Moascar. During July 1916 he received treatment for illness and a hand injury, but recovered sufficiently to rejoin his unit and continue training. On 29 July he embarked for overseas service from Alexandria aboard the Arcadian, bound for England.
After further training in the United Kingdom, Julian was transferred to the 31st Infantry Battalion and was taken on strength in the field in October 1916. The 31st Battalion was heavily engaged along the Western Front, serving in both France and Belgium. During the winter of 1916–17 he experienced recurring sickness but returned to duty in January 1917 and remained with his battalion.
A later entry in September 1918 confirms Julian rejoining his unit from the 3rd Division Dump, placing him once again at the front during the final months of the war. After the Armistice, he was granted leave to the United Kingdom from 23 February to 5 March 1919 before rejoining the battalion and preparing for repatriation.
In April 1919 he embarked from Le Havre for England, and in May 1919 he sailed for Australia aboard HMAT Durham. He disembarked at Brisbane on 21 July 1919 and was discharged from the AIF on 6 September 1919.
After returning to civilian life, he was recorded between 1925 and 1928 as living at Kilkivan in the Wide Bay district of Queensland, working as a farmer. He married Bridget Veronica Tobin on 6 August 1928, and by about 1931 the couple had relocated to the Warwick district, where he was employed as a labourer. By 1949, Julian and Bridget had returned to Brisbane, with Julian giving his occupation as ‘soldier’.
Private Julian Ambrose Dodd died on 11 September 1955, aged 57, and was buried two days later in Anzac Portion 8, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane. His wife Bridget died in 1983, aged 83, and was cremated and interred at the Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens and Crematorium in Brisbane.
After seven decades without recognition at his place of burial, Private Julian Ambrose Dodd’s grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice.
His identity and dignity have now been restored. We have remembered him.
Lest We Forget.
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