Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - "I uru atu a Eaton" ki te ope hipoki mō te mahi a Leyte
i te Moana o Leyte, 25 Whiringa-a-rangi 1944. I whakapakia e ia he kaipuke kaipuke hoariri i te 1 o Tihema ka whakaeke i Ormoc Bay i a ia e haere ana ki te hipoki i nga taunga o Mindoro i te Tihema.