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Harry Wilson Telfer

1878-1970

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

55372

About

Born in New Zealand

20 June 1878
Parents

Mother

Annie Telfer

Father

John Telfer
Residence

Hometown

Dargaville
Work

Occupation

Bushman

Employer

T. Hawkins
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 91

30 April 1970

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5553 105/0112929, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Harry Wilson Telfer (1878-1970)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/832

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