Henry Edsforth SEED

Regimental number10/967
Date of birth10 July 1893
Place of birthTomoana, Hawkes Bay
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMercantile clerk
AddressTomoana
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6"
Weight162 lbs
Next of kinThomas Seed, Tomoana, Hawke's Bay
Previous military service'B' Company, 9th (Hawkes Bay) Regiment
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHastings
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
Other detailsAlso enlisted for home service in the NZ Army during WWII, served between January 1942 and February 1943.
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 23 September 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Appointed Corporal, 5 May 1915.

Admitted to hospital, 13 May 1915; rejoined unit, 14 May 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Neuralia', 12 August 1915 (gastro-enteritis); transferred to No.3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 16 August 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Tofua', 23 September 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 26 October 1915; discharged, 21 April 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 254 days (of which 1 year 11 days were overseas).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death3 February 1953, Napier
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24063277