Thank you Um... for that, sadly I cannot find anything that resembles those bars, but assumption would be it should be the 8Th army due to I know he was at Tobruk in 1942 and in Scilcily at the end of 42, as far as I can see from his pictures and little bits.
sad isn't it when those who took part didnt really tell us youger(well I was once) people what why and where. It would have made things easier.
My regards
Peter R-B
Lancashire