Victor Sellheim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Victor Sellheim

Australian soldier

Date of Birth: 04-May-1866

Place of Birth: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1928

Profession: military officer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Major General Victor Conradsdorf Morisset Sellheim, (4 May 1866 – 25 January 1928) was an Australian military officer during the Second Boer War and the First World War.
Sellheim fought in the Second Boer War with Chauvel's Mounted Infantry and fought in the Battle of Modder River.
For his actions during the war, Sellheim became a Companion of the Order of the Bath.
After serving in a variety of staff positions, he became Quartermaster general of the Australian Military Forces in 1912 and two years later was Adjutant general.
Between 1914 and 1916 he oversaw the Australian Imperial Force base at Cairo.
He became the Adjutant general again.
After the end of the First World War, Sellheim became Quartermaster general in 1920 but resigned in 1927 to become Administrator of Norfolk Island, where he died on heart failure in 1928.