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STAPLES, George Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2858 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 April 1913 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
| Born: | Parkside, SA, 20 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Crushed hand (workplace accident), Semaphore, Adelaide, SA, 13 August 1920, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Non Warlike Service
| 18 Apr 1913: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 2858, HMAS Encounter (I) |
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World War 2 Service
| 18 Apr 1913: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 2858 |
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Non Warlike Service
| 20 Nov 1913: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, HMAS Australia (I) WW1 | |
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| 21 Jul 1914: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Australia (I) WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 2858, HMAS Australia (I) WW1, German New Guinea | |
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| 22 Apr 1918: | Honoured Distinguished Service Medal, For his actions on HMS Vindictive during the operation at Zeebrugge, Belgium. | |
| 28 May 1918: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, HMAS Australia (I) WW1 |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Apr 1919: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 2858 |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1919: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 2858, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Leading Seaman, 2858, HMAS Australia (I) WW1 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Extract from the Adelaide, SA paper the "Chronicle" dated 21 August 1920 (p.37):
DEATH FOLLOWS ACCIDENT.
Mr. George Staples, of Dudley-street,
Semaphore, who had his left hand crushed
by a pile-driving monkey at Messrs. Poole
and Steele's shipbuilding yards on August
6, died at the Adelaide Hospital on August
13.
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