| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Medical practitioner |
| Address | St Kilda, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 41.6 |
| Height | 5' 10.5" |
| Weight | 204 lbs |
| Next of kin | Sister, Miss Seton, 26 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Previous military service | Served in South Africa (Boer War) for 2 years (first as Civil Surgeon, South African Field Force; then as Captain, Cape Medical Staff Corps). |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Captain |
| Unit name | Medical Officers |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Kanowna on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Army Medical Corps |
| Fate | Murdered |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 44 |
| Place of burial | Brookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row H, Grave No 7), Surrey, England |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Carden SETON and Amy Isobel SETON |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, England Reported for duty, 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 1 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria for England, 1 August 1916; marched in to No 2 Camp, Parkhouse, 27 August 1916. Marched out to 15th Training Bn, 27 September 1916. Transferred to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 30 October1916. Admitted to Wareham Hospital, 26 December 1916 (malaria); marched in to No 4 Command Depot from hospital, 31 January 1917. Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 2 October 1917. Promoted Major, 10 September 1918. Attached for duty to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 26 November 1918. Murdered by Colonel Norman Cecil RUTHERFORD DSO (jealous husband), at 13 Clarendon Road, Holland Park, London, 14 January 1919. Rutherford was found to be insane from shell-shock and committed to Broadmoor Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Official Secretary to the Governor-General, Melbourne, wrote to Secretary, Defence Department, 31 January 1919: ' ... the reported circumstances under which this Officer met his death seems to scarcely come within the circumstances which call for the King's Message' [of condolence to the next of kin]. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, SETON Miles Charles Cariston |
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