Killed in action, during an armoured attack in the vicinity of Gazala. It was initially reported that he was missing, suspected POW but later discovered he was killed in action and buried at Height 120, 19 km West of Gazala
Son of Ryno V. D. R. and Margaret B. Otto, of "Clausthal", Umkomaas, Natal. Born in Pietermaritzburg. A miner at Sheba, Eastern Transvaal. On Barberton War Memorial. Educated at Hilton College, Natal.