He was born in Christchurch to Mrs Lewis Caro the eighth of ten children.

In 1923 he founded Caros GBS or Great Bargain Stores in Hamilton.

In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.

[1] Caro contested the seat of Hamilton at the 1935 general election for the anti-Labour Democrat Party, polling third with 20% of the vote.

He had one son David Bernard Caro FRCS born 8 February 1922.