Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alemein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was initially posted as Missing, believed killed
Son of James Charles and Susanna E. Barlow, of Farm "Langverwag", Kameel, Vryburg District, Cape Province. Born in Humansdorp. A farmer in the Haarlem area, near Vryburg.