Complex sentence: Richard Vincent Merriman Barry, the son of Mr Richard Alan Barry, and the grandson of Sir Jacob Barry, was born at Nourse Mines Johannesburg, on the 9 April 1915, and died tragically at the tender age of 22 on Saturday 29 January 1938.
Split into simpler sentences: Richard Vincent Merriman Barry, was the son of Mr Richard Alan Barry, and the grandson of Sir Jacob Barry. Dick was born at Nourse Mines Johannesburg, on the 9 April 1915, tragically dying at the tender age of 22 on Saturday 29 January 1938.