George Maurice Victor SELLARS

Regimental number26923
OccupationShipwright
Next of kinMother, Mrs Maud Sellars, 12 Tole Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
Other detailsRepresented New Zealand in rugby as an All Black - played 15 matches, including two test matches, for the All Blacks between 1913-14. All Black tours: Canada and California (1913); Australia (1914).
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Henrietta Maud Sellars, 2 Pole Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 7