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Born: 23 November 1892

Died: 2 January 1978

Notes by Geraldine Walsh:

Born: 23 November 1892 Junee
Died: 2 January 1978 Newport
Married: 1 May 1933 St Luke's Mosman to Amelia Victoria Farquhar Kalbfell (1900 Melbourne - 21/1/1980 Sydney).
Children: 2 daughters and 2 sons. One of the sons, Bruce Sellin died 1940 Griffith, NSW. The elder daughter has a daughter and 3 sons. The younger daughter married. The surviving son doesn't appear to have married.

Parents:
James Arthur Day Sellin (c. 1857 Avon, Gloucestershire, England - 14/9/1941 New Westminster, Canada) and Elizabeth Claire (Lizzie) Griffin (c. 1861 - 17/8/1930 North Sydney, late of Mosman and Manly). They married 1882 Victoria. Arthur's father James Sellin was a tobacconist who had a shop at 8 Milson's Point Arcade, North Sydney.
Siblings:
1. Montague Stafford Enos Sellin (1883 Bourke - 13/3/1949 late of Baker St,
Kensington. Married (i) Elizabeth Adrienne Gregory who died 1957 at Manly (ii) Carol. He and Carol had a son.
2. Ruby Clare Sellin (1887 Junee - ?) married 2/10/1915 St Clement's Mosman Leslie Abbott Robinson (1883 West Maitland - 8/2/1954 of 1 Kareela Rd, Cremorne). He was an optometrist. They had a daughter.
3. Mary Charlotte (Tot) Sellin (c1889 - 22/10/1927 Royal North Shore Hospital) married Edgar Heane Harris (Coleford, Gloucestershire - 9/10/1960 Bathurst). They married 11/12/1919 St Patrick's Sydney.

Arthur Edward Sellin joined 10/2/1916 at the age of 23 years and 3 months. He was a farmer, next of kin mother, Eliza Claire Sellin "Landsdowne", Mosman St, Mosman. 5' 9". 147 lbs, chest 35" - 39", fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, RC.
30/9/1916 embarked "Aeneas" - Acting Sergeant.
26/5/1917 to 13th Field Coy
3/6/1917 detached to 4th Aust pack transport troop.
30/3/1918 now a Driver to hospital sick
4/4/1918 severe pleurisy.
12/5/1919 RTA per "Pt Napier"

WW2 N388243 Warrant Officer Class 2.
23/11/1967 made a claim for repatriation benefits.

All photos (1)

Name recorded

• Arthur Edward Sellin

Service number

• Service number 14792

Rank

• Held rank of Driver

Birth record

• 23 November 1892 in Junee, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 2 January 1978 in Newport, NSW, Australia

Life event

• Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Addresses

• Lansdowne, Mosman Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia
• Landsdowne, 29 Mosman Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - James Arthur Day Sellin
• Mother - Elizabeth Claire Griffin
• Wife - Amelia Victoria Farquhar Kalbfell

Organisation

• 13th Field Company Engineers

Main sources

• SELLIN Arthur Edward : Service Number - 14972 : Place of Birth - Junee NSW : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) SELLIN Eliza Claire (item)
• Discovering Anzacs - Arthur Edward Sellin (webpage)
• WAR CASUALTIES. (newspaper article)
• DOUBLE CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. (newspaper article)
• L.Cpl. A.E. Sellin (photograph)
• Family history notes by Geraldine Walsh on Flickr photo of Lance Corporal Arthur Edward Sellin No. 14972 (webpage)
• SELLIN ARTHUR EDWARD : Service Number - N388243 : Date of birth - 23 Nov 1892 : Place of birth - JUNEE NSW : Place of enlistment - PADDINGTON NSW : Next of Kin - SELLIN AMELIA (NAA file)
• Engagement Notice (newspaper article)
• Marriage Notice (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• SELLIN A. E. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Sellim, A.E. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
• SELLEN E. on the Mosman Football Club (Rugby Union) Roll of Honour