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Captain RICHARD JOHN SPOTSWOOD SEDDON

Service Number: 57384
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

3rd Bn. 3rd

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY

I. F. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Born at Westland, New Zealand. Held a commission in the South African Campaign. Eldest son of Louisa Jane Seddon, of Wellington, New Zealand, and the late Rt. Hon. Richard John Seddon, P.C., LL.D., Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1893 to 1906.
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HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 761
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