James Tasman DODDS MM

DODDS, James Tasman

    Service Number: 521
    Enlisted: 15 July 1915, Geelong, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Seymour, Tasmania, October 1892
    Home Town: Chilwell, Geelong, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 30 September 1918
    Cemetery: Bellicourt British Cemetery
    Plot 11, Row E, Grave No. 5, Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Highton Newtown Russell St Baptist Church Honor Roll, Newtown Chilwell State School Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 521, 29th Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Victoria
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 521, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 521, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    7 Oct 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 521, 29th Infantry Battalion, GSW (head and right leg)
    26 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 521, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
    26 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 521, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, 2nd occasion - GSW (head and buttocks)
    26 Sep 1917: Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood, "After gaining the final objective at POLYGON WOOD on 26th September, 1917, Lance Corporal DODDS found that all his Officers were casualties, and that the position was critical owing to our left flank being unsupported. Quickly summing up the situation and making good use of ground lance Corporal DODDS took command of all available men (about 25) and built up a line which protected our left flank, in doing which he showed conspicuous ability and gallantry."
    30 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 521, 29th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 521 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-30

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