joseph thomas dodd australia

[Spidermonkey]

As I said before, his army record is very badly damaged but I have been trying to work out what happened to JTD.  It looks like he enlisted in 1915 in Loughborough, giving his mother who was living at 95 Guide Lane as his next of kin.  I think he joined the 10th (2nd Res) Bn Leicestershires, and went AWOL on 18th October 19?

He was caught in January 1916 and placed with 11th Labour Bn R.E.  A service number mentioned is 125308, Pioneer Thomas. J.

In Dec 1916, it looks as if he was declared medically unfit for services, and invalided out.

It might be worth asking on the armed forces board if anyone knows of any further details of his service career

[Spidermonkey]

And I think he was awarded three medals: Victory, British and Star.

[carol8353]

He travelled out to Australia aged 44,in 1922,and died in 1927.

He wouldn't have had long to find a wife and had children and he was quite old by then!

So my guess is that he didn't marry.

You could always get his death cert of course- or start a new thread on the Aussie boards (linking it to this one) to see if anyone can find an obit.

Carol

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       carol   and  spidermonkey 

                                                   thanks  for  all  that  info  you  gave   me 
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[carol8353]

Click on Rootschat.com (above left,above the word beginners ) and that will take you to the main board.

Scroll down till you get the Armed Forces pages.

Carol