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Military service
Service number:
100371
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
May 25, 1896
Death:
August 28, 1918
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Son of Robert and Annie Telfer, of Westlock, Alberta.
Brother of Private Cecil Mather Telfer, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Eric Telfer
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Telfer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 511 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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