| Surname: | Telfer |
| Initials: | T F |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 13070579 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Formerly Pioneer Corps later Lancashire Fusiliers. 12/1/41 Transferred to CMP. POW. 18 Div Pro Coy. 4/4/46 Discharged. Born 16/11/1916, enlisted 15/8/1940, home address: 41 Buckingham Road, Harlesden, London W10. Prison Camps: Changi, Singapore 15/2/1942 to 24/4/1943, Gen Percival, Capt English, Sonkrai, Thailand 17/5/1943 to 12/1943, Lt Hingston, Changi 19/12/1943 to 26/9/1945. Info fro MI9/JAP/ No.31200A. Info from Japanese POW card index: Thomas Frederick Telfer, born 16/11/1916 at London NW 10, address: Florence Telfer, 11 Buckingham Road, London NW 10, occupation textile merchant, mother Florence. POW No. 10448 new, i/6090 old. He is named on a nominal roll taken at Changi Goal POW Camp 5/9/1945. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 49748, Telfer, Thomas F, L/cpl, 13070579, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp MA, Malaya. He is listed on Working Party "F", Thailand: 13070579, L/Cpl, Telfer, T, CMP, 18 Div, CH Changi. He is listed on Malaya POW Camp Roll: Telfer, Thomas Frederick, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No.10448, old POW No. i/6091, 13070579. Casualty List 792, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1537/35, Netherlands East Indies, POW, previous List 1160, previously reported Missing now reported POW, 1/2/1943. Casualty List 1160, Malaya, previously posted missing now reported POW, previous List 792, 15/2/1941. Casualty List 1921/5, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1160 corrected by 1537, Malaya. Medal card not found. Thomas Frederick Telfer. |
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| Imprisonment: | Changi MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |