Service Details
Name:
 STAPLES
Given Name:
 EDWIN ALFRED
Initials:
 E A
Service No:
 78513V
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-20
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Date of Birth:
 1906-12-01
Age:
 37
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in the vicinity of Colonia, Italy
Additional
Information:
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.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, C, 8.

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