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DODD, George William

Service Number:	NX21756
Enlisted:	27 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bradminch, England, 3 April 1918
Home Town:	Blacktown, Blacktown, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, El Alamein, Egypt, 27 October 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery Cemetery/memorial reference: A II. J. 3., El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX21756
27 May 1940:	Enlisted NX21756
27 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX21756, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1941:	Involvement NX21756, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, WIA
27 Oct 1942:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX21756, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, KIA

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

WIA Tobruk

KIA El Alamein