Ashley Austin SEELY

Regimental number40250
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, A Seely, Kaikoura
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 78 Navua on 16 February 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBienvillers Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row E, Grave No 9), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Austin and Margaret A. Seely, Norfolk, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 10