Joseph Espie Dods DSO MC ED (1874 - 1930)

Born 1874 in Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Died 6 Dec 1930 at about age 56 in Queensland, Australia

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Espie Dods DSO MC ED is Notable.

Espie Dods DSO MC ED was born in Middlesex, England.

Espie Dods DSO MC ED is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Joseph Espie Dods (known as Espie) was born in 1874 in Shepherds Bush, London. He was the third and youngest child of Robert Smith Dods, a wholesale grocer, and Elizabeth Gray Stodart. ^[1] His father died in 1876.

Espie Dods DSO MC ED migrated from England to Queensland.

His mother moved her young family to Brisbane, Queensland where her mother lived. She remarried in 1879 and had four more children with Charles Marks who had been the ship's surgeon on her voyage to Australia.

Dods entered Brisbane Grammar School in 1885 and was sent to school in Switzerland in 1890 to learn French and German. He commenced study of medicine at Edinburgh University in 1892. He graduated in 1897 then gained additional qualification in public health in Dublin. He returned to Brisbane and was registered by the Queensland Medical Board on 6 April 1899 as "654, Dods, Joseph Espie, Brisbane, M.B., Bac. Surg., 1897, Univ. Edin.; Dip.State.Med., Dubl.,1898". ^[2]

Espie Dods DSO MC ED is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Queensland Military Force 1899-1900
1st Queensland Mounted Infantry; Medical Staff Corps

He was commissioned as a medical officer, with the rank of Captain, in the Queensland Defence Force (Land) on 10 May 1899 and posted to the Medical Staff Corps. ^[3] He was regimental Medical Officer for the 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Queensland Defence Force, sent to the Second Boer War in South Africa in 1899. ^[4] He returned to Queensland in December 1900. He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal for his active service.

He was appointed to the position of Government Medical Officer for the City of Brisbane from April 1902 until his death in 1930.

Joseph married Anna Ruth Walker, daughter of William John Walker and Margaret Adelaide Reid, in February 1906.

Espie Dods DSO MC ED is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Australian Imperial Force 1914-1919
5th Light Horse Regiment; Australian Army Medical Corps

He was regimental medical officer for the 5th Light Horse Regiment (2nd Light Horse Brigade) raised in Queensland in World War I. It sailed for the Middle East in December 1914 and sent to Gallipoli in May 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 14 January 1916. ^[5] After the 5th Light Horse withdrew from Gallipoli, it went to the Western Front and he was responsible for coordination of casualty evacuation during the battle to capture Pozières in the Battle of the Somme. He was appointed Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 1 January 1917. ^[6][7] Following the war he was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

He died on 6 December 1930 in Queensland. ^[8] He had hanged himself in the garage of his home. ^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl UK FreeBMD Birth Index Sep qtr 1874, vol 1a, page 202; registered at Kensington
2. ↑ Queensland Government Gazette 1899 volume 71, page 948, https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_217963/Queensland_Gov_Gazette_1899_v71.pdf (needs logon)
3. ↑ Queensland Government Gazette 1899 volume 71, page 1210 and supplement No. 135, https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_217963/Queensland_Gov_Gazette_1899_v71.pdf (needs logon)
4. ↑ Australian War Memorial nominal roll: Captain Joseph Espie Dods; accessed 23 Nov 2023
5. ↑ Maj Joseph Espie DODS , It's an Honour, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Award ID 1092412
6. ↑ Maj Joseph Espie DODS, MC , It's an Honour, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Award ID 1073561
7. ↑ B2455, DODS J E, Dods Joseph Espie : SERN Lieutenant Colonel : POB N/A : POE N/A : NOK W Dods Anna Ruth
8. ↑ Death Registration Index, The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages; index entry for Joseph Espie Dods, Birth year: 1874, Death date: 06 Dec 1930, Father: Robert Smith dods, Mother: Elizabeth Grey Stodart, Registration Number: 1930/B/12785; Link to Record : accessed 07 Oct 2022
9. ↑ Dr. Joseph Espie DODS DSO, MC, MiD, Virtual War Memorial Austalia accessed 8 October 2022
10. ↑ OBITUARY. Dr. J. Espie Dods. (1930, December 8). The Brisbane Courier (Qld.), p. 13. Retrieved October 8, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21611967

See also:

• Wikipedia: Joseph Espie Dods