Thomas Dodds

Major General Thomas Henry Dodds, CMG, CVO, DSO (11 November 1873 – 15 October 1943) was an Australian Army colonel in the First World War.

When the bushmen and other units were attacked by a superior Boer force at Onverwacht, Dodds rallied the survivors and held on to a ridge until help arrived.

Dodd was secretary of the Railway Council from 14 February 1911 to 31 December 1912, Director of Personnel from 1 July 1911 and Assistant Adjutant General from 16 March 1913.

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.

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.

In 1929 Dodds once again became Adjutant General, with the task of dismantling the Universal Service Scheme that he had once built and creating a new volunteer militia.

Dodds was a member of Victorian Naval and Military Lodge No 49 which held its meetings at 25 Collins street, Melbourne.