Killed in action, during the advance on Impruneta. "B" Coy. had crossed the river Greve and were advancing, together with elements of PAG, when they came under heavy mortar fire
Son of John Harlan and Margaret Elizabeth Hawkins (nee Becker), of 32 Topham Road, Pietermaritzburg. Born in Pietermaritzburg. A clerk for African Explosives in Umbogintwini. He was unmarried.