Service Details
Name:
 STAPLES
Given Name:
 THOMAS FRANCIS SPAVEN
Initials:
 T F S
Service No:
 142991
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 2 Field Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-31
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Date of Birth:
 1914-03-09
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during attack on Bardia, North Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Foster and Elizabeth Kate Staples; husband of Cora Elizabeth Staples (WAAS), of Maseru, Basutoland. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. B.A. (Wits.).
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 10. B. 3.

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