Forenames

Richard John Spotswood AWMM

Surname

Seddon AWMM

Service number

57384 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

29 May 1881 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Molesworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Pre 21 Feb 1917 AWMM Eccleston, Golder's Hill, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Right Honourable R.J. Seddon (father), Molesworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Louisa Jane Seddon (mother), Eccleston, Golder's Hill, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 01 Feb 1902 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 02 Mar 1918 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• Regular Military Service AWMM
• Territorial Military Service AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

57384 AWMM

Military service

• Heretaunga Mounted Rifles AWMM
• Attached 1st Leicestershire Regiment 1911 AWMM
• No. 2 Area Group, Paeroa AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Gentleman/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 21 Feb 1917 AWMM
  Age  35 AWMM
  Manufacturers' representative and Importer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 02 Mar 1918-08 Apr 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 101 AWMM Vessel was Monowai AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Headquarters Staff, Officer Commanding Troops AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• South Africa 01 Feb 1902 AWMM
  Surrey AWMM Vessel was Surrey AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent, North Island Regiment, A Squadron AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  144 pounds AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  brown AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Black AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• South Africa 19 Sept 1913 AWMM
  Resigned AWMM
  Captain/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Staff Corps AWMM
• WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, A Company AWMM

Death

21 Aug 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

• Hebuterne Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. F. 1. AWMM
• Hebuterne Cemetery France AWMM

Memorial name

• Memorial plaque, Old St Paul's Church, Mulgrave Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Family grave memorial, Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20524646
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7815610
  Further Reference
• Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Seddon Memorial. photographs
  http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-monuments-war-graves/seddon-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/322715/-
  Further Reference
• CWGC Archives, CWGC Archives - 4 - Captain RICHARD JOHN SPOTSWOOD SEDDON - HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY - New Zealand Rifle Brigade
  http://archive.cwgc.org/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=CWGC%2f8%2f1%2f4%2f1%2f2%2f4
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/322715
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  80: 3
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.