Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tuhia a William Doran i te Royal Military Academy Sandhurst i te 3 o Paenga-whāwhā 1881. I whakawhiwhia ia hei kaitiaki i roto i nga Royal Irish Rifles a Her Majesty i te 10 o Mei 1882. I tukuna ia me tana ope ki Ihipa, a, i uru ia ki te
Ko te Pakanga Anglo-Ehipia o te tau 1882 me muri mai ko te Haerenga Sudan o te tau 1884-85. I te mutunga o Whiringa-a-rangi 1899 i uru ia ki nga mahi e arahi ana ki te hinga o te Khalifa, ana mo ana ratonga i Sudan i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te tohu brevet o te rangatira-koronel i te 14 o Poutu-te-rangi 1900.