'For long and valuable service. This N.C.O. has done continuous good work and has performed his duties in a most excellent manner. As Senior Warrant Officer, with the N.Z. Ordnance Department, his work has been of a most arduous character and has frequently involved him in situations which have called for a display of energy and initiative. In an advance the necessity of clean clothing and socks etc., for the fighting troops is sometimes very acute. Conductor Seay on his energy and ability has at all times been of the greatest assistance to the D.A.D.O.S., in administering a very important branch of the service.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 3 June 1919

Regimental number	6/3459
Address	44 Barrington Street, Spreydon, Christchurch
Marital status	Single
Next of kin	Father, W M Seay, 44 Barrington Street, Spreydon, Christchurch
Rank on embarkation	Private
Enlistment status	Volunteer
Unit name	New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rank	Warrant Officer Class I
Final unit	New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps
Fate	Died of disease 20 February 1919
Age at death from cemetery records	26
Place of burial	Cologne Southern Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 17), Germany
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Parents: William Nixon Seay and Mary Ann Seay, Christchurch
Medals	Meritorious Service Medal 'For long and valuable service. This N.C.O. has done continuous good work and has performed his duties in a most excellent manner. As Senior Warrant Officer, with the N.Z. Ordnance Department, his work has been of a most arduous character and has frequently involved him in situations which have called for a display of energy and initiative. In an advance the necessity of clean clothing and socks etc., for the fighting troops is sometimes very acute. Conductor Seay on his energy and ability has at all times been of the greatest assistance to the D.A.D.O.S., in administering a very important branch of the service.' Source: 'London Gazette' Date: 3 June 1919
Family/military connections	Brother: 22655 Gunner Gordon Desmond SEAY, New Zealand Field Artillery, killed in action, 9 May 1918.
Other details	War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details	Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth