Profile

SELLWOOD, Archibald William
(Service number 11131)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	18/05/1890	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	29 Heaton Street, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Frances SELLWOOD (wife), 29 Heaton Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company
Date	1 May 1916
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	20 October 1968	Age	78 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 48, Plot 93
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Archibald William Sellwood was the son of Thomas and Mary McKeown (née Lamont) Sellwood of Apsley, Gleniti. He was educated at Waimataitai School, where he was known as Archie. In 1912 he married Frances Maria Elizabeth Leopold.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 June 2018]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [June 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [June 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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