Soldier
Enlisting on 18 January 1916, listing his occupation as draughtsman, employed by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, he served as a private in the 3rd Pioneer Battalon, First AIF.
Whilst in England, he played for the Third Australian Divisional Team in the "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of 1916.
Suffering from chronic bronchitis and "incipient tuberculosis" (on examining Seward, the army Medical Officer reported on 5 January 1918 that he "could not stand winter conditions in France"), he returned to Australia on 19 October 1917, and was discharged on medical grounds on 24 January 1918.
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