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DODD, John
(Service number 38267)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	14/08/1894	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	17 October 1916	Age	22
Address at Enlistment	Springfield
Occupation	Blacksmith
Previous Military Experience	Rifle Club Timaru
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Joseph Dodd (Father) 16 Hatton Street Timaru, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Receiving treatment for teeth, declared fit for service

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	22nd Reinforcements, C Coy
Date
Transport
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Training Unit, 22 Reinforcements, C Company

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	12 October 1916	Age	22
Place of Death	Featherston Military Hospital, Featherston, New Zealand
Cause	Broncho-pneumonia following Measles
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Buried At Timaru Cemetery Timaru, New Zealand, Memorial At Featherston Cemetery Featherston, New Zealand
Memorial Reference	Grave Ref Section D. Lot 634
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [4/09/2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. F8 368798 70309395 6725) [4/8/2013];

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Researched and Written by

Patrina Buchanan

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