In Memory Of

STAPLES, ALBERT FRANKLIN

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1922-10-11
Service No:
 206129V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1943-12-07
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII #JF448, hit cement block during forced landing Trigno
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 X. A. 39.
Cemetery:
 SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Orville Franklin and Grace (nee Mountfort) Staples, of Langholm, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Grahamstown. Commemoration stone in Rokeby Park Seventh Day Adventist cemetery, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial.