Identity
Person No.
23999
Service No.
78513V
Last Name
First Name
Edwin Alfred
Initials
E A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes
Son of Charles William and Annie Matilda Staples, of Buxton, Cape Province. Husband of Marjorie Staples, of Webber, Germiston, Transvaal. His civilian occupation was time keeper.
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