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Identity
Person No.
23999
Service No.
78513V
Last Name
Staples 8
First Name
Edwin Alfred
Initials
E A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1907 (±1 yr) 203
Age at Death
37
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces 151
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
20 October 1944 247
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,230
Killed in action, in the vicinity of Colonia, Italy
Grave Reference
II, C, 8. 1
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY 401
Coordinates
44.14397, 11.16183
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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