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William Henry Seward

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Seward AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 86595 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 November 1878 AWMM Timaru, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Builder/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Millicent Marie Seward (wife), 19 Summerhays Street, Palmerston North AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 86595 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • William Henry Seward was born in 1878 at Timaru, the son of William Henry and Elizabeth Esther (née Dart) Seward. He married Millicent Marie Hosking on 6 May 1911 at Wellington, Their child Rene was born on 15 November 1912 at Christchurch. Another child, Myra, was born in 1914 and died later that year at 5 months of age. Biography provided by the Timaru Museum SCRoll project. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 June 1946 AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington Block BJ, Row 9, Plot AWMM
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