Died of wounds, received at El Alamein, when a bomb dropped by an enemy plane struck near the Battle HQ pill box. He was doing the duties of the RSM at the time
Son of Michael Joseph and Constance O'Donnell (nee Riley), of 44 Ocean Street, Kensington, Johannesburg. Born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. A clerk. He was unmarried. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour.