Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
From A Tribute to the employees of the Metropolitan
Gas Company who served in the Great War.
(Courtesy of Old Gippstown)
Dodd J Pte 924 John 6 Inf Bn 45 Gas labourer Married C of E
Address: Flemington, Princes St, 22
Next of Kin: Dodd, Florence, Mrs, wife, 22 Princes St., Flemington
Enlisted: 17 Aug 1914
Embarked: A20 Hororata 19 Oct 1914
Prior Service: 64 Inf
Date of Death: 31/01/1917
CWGC: 'Son of Harry and Jane Dodd; husband of Florence Dodd, of 33, William St., Box Hill, Victoria. Born at Woolwich, England".
- TIDWORTH MILITARY CEMETERY
DIED IN EMPIRE'S CAUSE
Mrs Dodd, of Bryant street, Flemington, has received news that, her
husband, Pte. J. Dodd, has died in England. Pte. Dodd was one of the
first to enlist, and was at the landing at the Dardanelles. He has since been
in Egypt and England. He was a popular member of the old 5th Aus-
tralian Infantry Regiment; and was an employe of the Metropolitan Gas
Company at the time of his enlistment. He leaves a widow and four
children.
DIED IN EMPIRE'S CAUSE (1917, May 9). The Herald
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242679392
War Service Commemorated
St George's Anglican Church (J R) *
Metropolitan Gas Company
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