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Corporal JOHN TELFER

Service Number: 629945
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

47th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1917

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS

VIII. B. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Husband of Catherine S. Telfer, of 2648, Rose St., Victoria, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription WHEN DAYS ARE DARK AND FRIENDS ARE FEW OH HOW MY HEART DOTH LONG FOR YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1240
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