Service Details
Name:
 STAPLES
Given Name:
 AUBREY
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 67415
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M. Submarine XE11
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Date of Death:
 1945-03-06
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in collision, at sea. 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine XE-11, Lost in collision in Loch Striven, 6th March 1945.
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Edith L. Staples, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha. Might be HMS Varbel. South African Naval Force, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine XE-11, Lost in collision in Loch Striven, 6th March 1945. Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Buteshire
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Cemetery:
 ROTHESAY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. L. Grave 2089.

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