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Trooper Herbert Dodds |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Herbert Sydney Dodds
Ancestor's date of birth: 23/10/1882
Ancestor's date of death: 13/02/1959
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
Service Number: 12
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: West Maitland NSW
Unit: 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse, A Squadron, 3rd Troop
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of further military service
Murray Page: 187
Contingent: Third Commonwealth
Ship: Columbian, Date of Sailing: 22/05/1902
Memorial details: Interred in the Kempsey Cemetery NSW
Awards/Decorations: Nil
Personal Characteristics: He was a forward thinker, quickley grasped new technology and he was ahead of his time.
Reasons to go and fight: Adventure
Details of service in war: A squadron 3 Troop of the 5 ACH were drawn from the NSW Lancers. This spendid battalion had no chance of displaying it's fine capabilities,the war having ended before it's arrival in South Africa,half of the battalion was stationed at Newcastle,Natal and the other half at Durban and subsequently at Gillett's,Natal. The battalion embarked at Durban on the transport Manchester Merchant on the 1 July 1902 and disembarked at Sydney on the 1 August 1902.
Service and life after the Boer War: No details provided
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: John Hartman, Guyra NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Robert White, Coffs Harbour NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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