Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakauruhia a Porteous ki te Royal Regiment of Artillery i te tau 1937. I te 26 o Akuhata 1940 i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira. I te 19 o Akuhata 1942, e 24 ona tau, he rangatira ā-wā i whakawhiwhia ki te No. 4 Commando i tana mahi i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te VC, i te wa o te
Te whakaekenga o Dieppe. I whakaputaina te korero i roto i te taapiri ki te "London Gazette" o te 2 o Oketopa 1942 ka panui: