Military service
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Son of Henry and Victoria Staples, of 39, Taylor St., Toronto, Ont.
Digital gallery of Private Richard Staples
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Staples
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Staples died of cardiovascular failure with aedema of the lungs due to pneumonia contracted while in execution of his military duties. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2926&sqn=162&tt=1295&PHPSESSID=b14f8nnpt3uti9d6qgd9jtl7q3
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 167 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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