TELFER, George Stanley
Service Numbers: | 194, R194, V20316 |
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Enlisted: | 20 September 1914 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | LINDENOW, VIC, 1893 |
Home Town: | Lindenow, East Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Cancer, Hill View, Walpa, Vic., 7 March 1964 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Lindenow Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
20 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 194, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 194, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 194, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
18 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, R194, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itria, Melbourne | |
18 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, R194, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
30 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, V20316 | |
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Date unknown: | Involvement V20316 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Sergeant G. S. Telfer is a son of Mrs and the late Mr. George Telfer, of Lindenow. He is a member of the 4th A.L.H. Regiment. He joined the 1st A.I.F. as a corporal. While in Egypt he went through a course of training with the engineers, and was made a Pioneer Corporal. On going to the front he was promoted to the rank ol sergeant. He received a shrapnel wound in the thigh at the Dardanelles on the 30th alt.