Henry DODD
Born C.1879 [26]
Son of Edwin Banwell DODD and Emma PAYNE [332]
Farmer and Labourer in Arrino 1900-1922 [6] [19]
Married Sarah Mabel BELL on 27 September 1906 [332]
Played for Arrino in one of their first cricket matches against a team from Three Springs on 5 January 1907 [31: 9-Jan-1907]
Came 3rd in the Sheffield Handicap and 2nd in Standing Long Jump at the sports gathering in Arrino on 1 January 1913 [9: 17-Jan-1913]
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Sports held at the Parakalia Race Course in Three Springs on 16 March 1918 [10: 22-Mar-1918]
His horse Starlight won the Hurry Scurry Catch Weight and came 2nd in the Hack Race at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports in 1918 [10]
In January 1923 offered to sink a well at Yandanooka for the Mingenew Road Board for £100 providing he found water [9: 2-Feb-1923]
May have resided in Arrino until 1932 [19]
Later resided in Geraldton [P2]
Father of Charles Irwin, Ivy May [15], Henry Roy, Ida Emma Maud [322], Mary, Kathleen, Jack and two unnamed stillborn children [24]
Died 10 May 1941; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia [26]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Henry Dodd' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/henry-dodd [reference list] |
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