1. Thomas Dodds was promoted major general in 1930 and retired in 1934.
23 Facts About Thomas Dodds
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Thomas Henry Dodds was born on 11 November 1873 at Gateshead, England.
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Thomas Dodds enlisted in the militia in 1892 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Queensland Volunteers on 2 August 1899.
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Thomas Dodds was promoted to lieutenant on 1 December 1899.
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In 1901 Thomas Dodds joined the 5th Contingent as adjutant and went to South Africa.
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Thomas Dodds returned to Australia in May 1902 with the rank of honorary captain.
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Thomas Dodds was promoted to captain on 27 July 1904 but on 1 July 1906, he joined the regulars as lieutenant, serving on the staff of the 1st Military District.
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Thomas Dodds was secretary of the establishments committee from 1 April 1913 to 31 May 1914.
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From 15 August 1914 to 15 September 1916, Dodds was Adjutant General and a member of the Military Board, replacing Lieutenant Colonel V Sellheim who was appointed to the Australian Imperial Force.
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Thomas Dodds was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 1 December 1915 but his ability kept him in Australia, where he was responsible for the training, recruitment and organisation of new units of the AIF.
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On 3 April 1917, Thomas Dodds was appointed to the AIF as a full colonel.
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Thomas Dodds arrived in England on 17 May 1917, to become Deputy Adjutant General of the AIF.
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On 1 October 1918, Thomas Dodds became Commandant of the AIF Administrative Headquarters in London.
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Thomas Dodds returned to Australia in May 1919 and resumed his duties at Army Headquarters as a colonel.
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Thomas Dodds was deputy director of the royal visit of the Prince of Wales in 1920, for which he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
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Thomas Dodds was military secretary at Army Headquarters from 1920 to 1922 and Adjutant General from 1922 to 1924.
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In 1929 Thomas Dodds became Adjutant General, with the task of dismantling the Universal Service Scheme that he had once built and creating a new volunteer militia.
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Thomas Dodds was promoted to major general in 1930 and retired in 1934, by which time the volunteer army was a reality.
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Thomas Dodds held the post of honorary Federal Treasurer of the Returned and Services League from 1931 to 1941.
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Thomas Dodds was elected to the Hawthorn City Council in 1935.
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On 15 October 1943, Thomas Dodds died of a sudden heart attack.
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Thomas Dodds was accorded full military honours at his funeral.
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Thomas Dodds was a member of Victorian Naval and Military Lodge No 49 which held its meetings at 25 Collins street, Melbourne.