Horace Edward DODSON

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Service Number:	642
Enlisted:	10 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Auburn, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Bentleigh, Glen Eira, Victoria
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I. Row L. Grave 40. Inscription: TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A PEACEFUL END
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bentleigh War Memorial

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10 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 642, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 642, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 642, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 642, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Manitou"
25 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 642, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 642, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 642, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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