SEWARD, William Henry
(Service number N/N; 86595)
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Birth
| Date | 05/11/1878 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
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| Marital Status | Married. One child | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Millicent Marie SEWARD (wife), 19 Summerhays Street, Palmerston North | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 1 June 1946 | Age | 66 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Karori Cemetery, Wellington | ||
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Biographical Notes
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.
Sources
Karori Cemetery, Wellington, headstone transcription [26 March 2017]
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