DODS, Joseph Espie
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps (2nd AIF) |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 29 June 1874 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Boys Grammar & Edinburgh University |
| Occupation: | Medical Doctor |
| Died: | Suicide , Brisbane, Queensland, 6 December 1930, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland 9A-397 |
| Memorials: | Brisbane Grammar School Boer War Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901. |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 28 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Australian Army Medical Corps (2nd AIF) |
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The death of Dr. J. Esple Dods, Government Medical Officer, occured at his home in Wickham-terrace on December 6 with tragic suddenness. Although his professional engagements had been numerous and arduous in recent months, he had appeared in the best of health, and the news of his death came as a shock to all who had been intimately associated with him. His cheerful and kindly disposition had won him many friends, particularly among officers in the public service, and these regard his passing in the light of a personal loss. The late Dr.Dods was in his 56th year. He was born in London, but came to Queensland with his people when he was a child. His early education was received at the Brisbane Boys' Grammar School, from which he was sent to Edinburgh University to study medicine. Having obtained his degree he returned to Brisbane in IIM and opened a practice. His immediate success placed him in the public eye, and two years later he was appointed Government Medical Officer, which position he held until the time of his death. He was Commonwealth Medical Officer in Brisbane until last year, and was medical referee for the A.M.P. Society in Queensland. After the war
he was elected president of the Queensland branch of the B.M.A., and he was on the Queensland Council of that body for many years. He was president of, the Queensland Club for four years in succession, and was a trustee of the club for a much longer period.
An enviable war record was possessed by the late doctor, who served for three and a half years as medical officer in the Light Horse. He was badly wounded during an action onMthe Peninsula, and was awarded the D.S.O. and M.C. for valiant services rendered there. He was in action during the South African war also, being attached to the First Queensland Contingent in a medical capacity. He is survived by his widow and four children." - from the Queenslander 11 Dec 1930
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