DODD, James
| Service Number: | 1935 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, 6 May 1883 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Holland Park, Brisbane, Queensland, 26 April 1958, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1935, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1935, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by B Stanleu
Private James Dodd was born in 1883 at Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, the son of James and Emma Dodd. He grew up in Tranmere with his elder brother Reginald and younger sister Hilda.
James emigrated to Australia before the war and was working as an engineer when he enlisted in the AIF at Brisbane on 12 January 1915. Assigned the service number 467, he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Kyarra on 16 April 1915 with the 9th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement.
He landed at Gallipoli in July 1915 and served through the later stages of the campaign. In early 1916, while in Egypt, he was transferred from the 9th Battalion to the 3rd Field Company Engineers, and later to the 15th Field Company Engineers.
James served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front, but by late 1916 he was suffering from illness and exhaustion. He was hospitalised in England and declared medically unfit. Returning to Australia in February 1917, he was discharged in May that year.
Unlike his brother Reginald Dodd (2128, 53rd Battalion) who was killed at the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916, James survived the war. He lived the remainder of his life in Australia and died in 1958, aged 75.