Died of wounds, in hospital. On 28 January 1944 the United States Air Force bombed a POW train on a bridge near Allerona, Italy. It was carrying Allied servicemen from PG Camp 54, Fara in Sabina, to Germany
Husband of the late Helen Constance Wyrley-Birch (nee Noble), of "Krantzdraai", Bethulie District, Orange Free State. (She died 21 May 1943). Born in England. A farmer. He had 4 children.