Birth name | Ernest Henry Dodd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 March 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dunedin, New Zealand [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 September 1918 | (aged 38)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Wellington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Clerk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Henry Dodd (21 March 1880 – 11 September 1918) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Dodd represented Wellington at a provincial level in 45 matches between 1901 and 1905, and appearing in the first ever Ranfurly Shield challenge in 1904. He made three appearances for the New Zealand national side: two games in 1901; and the test match against the touring Australian team at Tahuna Park, Dunedin, in 1905. [2]
Dodd enlisted for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in February 1917, and rose to the rank of lance sergeant in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. [1] He was killed in action in France on 9 September 1918, [1] and was buried at the Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension. [3]
Birth name | Ernest Henry Dodd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 March 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dunedin, New Zealand [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 September 1918 | (aged 38)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Wellington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Clerk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Henry Dodd (21 March 1880 – 11 September 1918) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Dodd represented Wellington at a provincial level in 45 matches between 1901 and 1905, and appearing in the first ever Ranfurly Shield challenge in 1904. He made three appearances for the New Zealand national side: two games in 1901; and the test match against the touring Australian team at Tahuna Park, Dunedin, in 1905. [2]
Dodd enlisted for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in February 1917, and rose to the rank of lance sergeant in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. [1] He was killed in action in France on 9 September 1918, [1] and was buried at the Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension. [3]