Lieut. Albert Franklin Staples^[1]

1922 - 1943  (21 years)

• Name	Albert Franklin Staples  [2]
  Title	Lieut.
  Nickname	Bert
  Birth	11 Oct 1922  [1]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	7 Dec 1943	Sancro, Italy   [1]
  	Description: in Military Action, 2nd World War
  Burial	Sangro River War Cemetery, Chieti,   [2]
  Person ID	I63895	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Orville Franklin Staples,   b. 15 Nov 1895   d. 15 Apr 1980 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Grace Mountfort,   b. 27 Jan 1895   d. 21 Apr 1984 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F23247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Rank. Lieutenant, Pilot, 1 Squadron, South African Air Force Service No. 2061294V Killed in action during forced landing bur. Sangro River War Cemetery, Chieti, Italy Grave Ref. X. A. 39. South African Air Force http://www.saafa.co.za/images/roll_of_honour.pdf South African War Graves http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=23998 - Killed in action, hit cement block during forced landing Trigno, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII #JF448. Son of Orville Frankling & Grace Staples of Langholm, Cape Province. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church Memorial Memorial Died in Military Action - WWII 1939-1945 - Clumber Wesleyan Chapel http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=3754618 [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S407] Memorial Inscription on Tombstone. [S2538] Lewer, Morag (Reliability: 2).