DODDS, James
| Service Numbers: | 1923, W31747 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
| Born: | Geraldton, Western Australia, 11 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 20 August 1969, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1923, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 1923, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 1923, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Fremantle | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1923, 28th Infantry Battalion, GSW left side - France | |
| 4 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1923, 28th Infantry Battalion, embarked Devonport for RTA per HT Themistocles A32 (Invalided) | |
| 24 Jul 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1923, 28th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), W31747, 5 Garrison Battalion (WA), Private | |
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| 16 May 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), 29 Garrison Battalion (WA), Corporal | |
| 7 Oct 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), 10 Garrison Battalion (WA), Corporal | |
| 6 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), W31747, 10 Garrison Battalion (WA), Corporal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private James Dodds (Service No:1923) enlisted in the AIF on 29 June 1915 and embarked from Fremantle for Suez with 28th Infantry Battalion on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 2 September 1915. Private Dodds served at Gallipoli and in France (where he was WiA (GS to left side) on 7 June 1916). Private Dodds was invalided from England on 4 May 1917, embarking at Devonport for the RTA on board HT Themistocles A32. Private Dodds was Discharged on 24 July 1917.
In WWII, Private Dodds (Service No:W31747) enlisted in the ACMF on 9 November 1940 and served as a Private, Lance Corporal and Corporal with 5, 29 and 10 Garrison Battalions (WA). Corporal Dodds was atatched to 10 Garrison Battalion at Discharge on 6 November 1945.
Born in 1893 in Geraldton WA, Jim was the third of four children of James Dodds (b1866 in Cumberland, England) and Jean (Jane) Young Collins (b1872 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland). James (a Railway Worker) and Jane married in Perth in 1891 and settled in the Geraldton region where they raised their family and James worked for the Railways as a Guard, Fettling Ganger, Construction Ganger and Length Runner.
Jim was working as a Carter in Fremantle WA in 1915 when he enlisted in the AIF, and following his Discharge, returned to Fremantle where he was working as a Cabinetmaker in 1922 when he married Ada Knox (b1893 in South Australia) - Ada was working in Fremantle as a Typiste. Jim and Ada settled in Nedlands, perth WA where they raised their f amily and Jim worked as a Cabinetmaker. Ada died in 1967 and Jim in 1969.
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