Career
He was serving in the 6th Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment, when on 12 April 1945 at Pyawbwe, central Burma, a live grenade went astray and threatened to cause a large number of casualties in his unit Saving the lives of his comrades, he was killed instantly, aged only 19 or 20 and leaving behind a widow in India. He was gazetted on 5 October 1945.