Fawcett Seddon Clark

1905 - 1977  (72 years)

• Name	Fawcett Seddon Clark
  Birth	30 Aug 1905	Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand   [1]
  	Parents: Frederick & May Elizabeth Morton Clark
  Gender	Male
  Military Beginning	1 Jul 1942	WW11, New Zealand   [2]
  	Fawcett Seddon CLARK No 457221 GNR, 29 Lt A/A, Single, Westport Shipping and general agent. 17 Queen St, Westport Mrs M E M Clark, 17 Queen St, Westport (Mother)
  Electoral	1972	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [3]
  	CLARK Fawcett Seddon, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Retired.
  Research Note	Fawcett was a bit eccentric, he was also known as 'BUN' because of the hat that he wore. He was somewhat gullible and once put a cardboard Kangaroo on the end of his television aerial to stop getting interference from Aussie stations. He used Marine Dept Blue Paint to paint the family home at 17 Queen Street, Westport. He also used it to paint the family graves in the Orowaiti Cemetery.
  Death	17 Dec 1977	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [4]
  Burial	20 Dec 1977	Orowaiti Cemetery, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [5]
  	[CENTER:]In Loving Memory Of Eileen Mabel Clark died 23 Feb 1972, her beloved brother Fawcett Clark died 17 Dec 1977. At Rest [:CENTER]
  Probate	1978	Greymouth Courts Registry, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [6]
  	CLARK Fawcett Seddon - Westport - Civil Servant.
  Person ID	I176	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	Frederick Clark,   b. 19 Feb 1869, Taiaroa Heads Lighthouse, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 13 May 1940, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	May Elizabeth Morton Searight,   b. 7 Sep 1870, Brighton, Charleston, Nelson-Marlborough, New Zealand d. 8 Mar 1960, Buller District Hospital, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1905 NZ Online Database: 1905/18826 1905 Folio No 5076, Sept Qtr. [S16] NZEF Enlistment Records: NZEF WW1 & 2, NZEF Army WW11 Nominal Rolls, 1939 - 1948 - Roll 9: 1 July 1942 - 31 Dec 1942. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1972 NZ Electoral Roll, West Coast, West Coast. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1977 NZ Online Database: 1977/ 51137 - DOB 30 Aug 1905 1977 Folio No 25826, aged 72. [S3] NZSG, NZ Cemetery Records, (Name: NZSG, Auckland, New Zealand & Online Council Databases; Date: 1988;), P01.11, No 3193, Plot 539 Row 4, Block F. [S207] NZ Probates - National Archives NZ, 1978 Greymouth Courts Registry, Christchurch Archives, Item ID R8762217, Record No GM13/1978.