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