Died of septicemia, following an cutaneous anthrax infection of the neck, in Foggia Military Hospital, whilst a POW. He had been captured on 15 June 1942 and shipped to Italy
Son of Norman Edwin and Gladys Lucy Torr (nee Nicholas), of "Ossa", Lady Grey, Cape Province. Born in Queenstown. A clerk at the Dordrecht Standard Bank. He was unmarried.