Died of wounds, whilst a POW. Captured during an attack on enemy positions in the vicinity of Carmuset-er-Regem, Libya, on the 7 June he received a bullet wound to the abdomen and died the same day
Son of Cornelius William Michael and Helena Maria Less, of 10 Regent Street, Woodstock. Husband of Annie Florence Less, of 19 Plumer Road, Woodstock, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A dry cleaner. He had 4 children.