Mitch, you just filled in a big gap for me. I am gonna get his service record and pension and see what that tells me.

The fact that he posed for that pic with his sister Sarah Jane and her husband Richard Chaddick makes me believe they were especially close. You just don't see many pics like that, at least I haven't. I would bet you that when they enlisted Sarah Jane made it clear to Richard she expected him to watch out for her little brother. Then again maybe it was the other way around LOL!