SELDON, Richard Thomas Francis
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1881 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street Boys High School |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye Special Memorial No. 16 Inscription - GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Johnston's Jolly Cemetery Memorial, North Sydney St Thomas' Anglican Church SELDON Memorial Plaque, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
We publish in this issue a letter from the Commanding Officer of the late Lieut. Richard Seldon, an ex-Portian, written to his brother nd describing the circumstances under which that brave officer met his death. The letter speaks for itself, and we print it that all who knew him may read of the manner of his passing:—
T.S.S. Marathon,
15/11/15
“ Dear Seldon,—
I do not know your mother’s address, and so write to you about the death of your brother.
We had to carry out a rather desperate attack on a certain Turkish trench. Had it not been for the gallantry displayed by your brother and the other officers, their leading and absolute contempt for death, the attack might easily have failed.
Your brother was wounded in the face, but continued to fight on until shot dead. Death was mercifully instantaneous. Had he lived it is almost certain he would have received the Military Cross, if not a higher decoration.
Your brother was universally popular and liked by officers and men, and his death was most sincerely deplored throughout the regiment in general and by myself in particular, for not only have I lost a very good officer, but also a great personal friend.
Will you tell your mother, please, that her son died gallantly, and as a British officer. I do not think I can say more.
(Sgd.) ---------------- Lt.-Col.”
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