Regimental number | 30015 |
Place of birth | Tungamah, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation | Clerk |
Next of kin | Mrs A Telford, c/o S McDonald, Moorabool, Victoria, Australia |
Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Other details | For many years an officer in the Bank of Australasia in Victoria and New Zealand. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 36 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Buttes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alexandrina Telford, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, and the late Gideon Telford |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 34 |