Extract from War Diary on date of death:

Enemy shelled Bn area in the afternoon, followed by spasmodic mortar fire in "B" Coy area causing one casualty.

The rain continued in showers and after several days had made ground conditions bad.

"C" Coy sent out raid to GALMANCHE. Party A was successful and overran an enemy platoon or section posn.

Lieut Rainesthe officer commanding this party was killed. The party was rallied and brought back very ably by Cpl Cameron. No prisoners taken as enemy ran away but several enemy casualties claimed.

Party B ran into what was at first thought to be a minefield, and withdrew. Later it was thought that this was some form of warning device as the explosion on trip wires caused no casualties but MGs all along the GALMANCHE defences opened up

In a letter to the parents, the KOSB padre wrote, "We have laid him to rest in the garden of an old French house; the grave has been marked with a cross."

From The Mercury, Friday, August 4th, 1944