Identity
Person No.
23998
Service No.
206129V
Last Name
First Name
Albert Franklin
Initials
A F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, hit cement block during forced landing Trigno, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII #JF448
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Notes
Son of Orville Franklin and Grace (nee Mountfort) Staples, of Langholm, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Rokeby Park Seventh Day Adventist cemetery, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "1 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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