Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I Hune 1945 i whakatairangahia a Jones hei Kaihautū Whakahaere RNR, ā, i tukuna ki te Tumuaki o Āhia ki te Tonga ki te Rāwhiti i raro i a Admiral Mountbatten. I tohua ia hei kaitohutohu kawe waka moana mo te Netherlands East Indies, kei Java, Batavia. I mutu te pakanga i Ahia i te marama o Akuhata 1945 i te hekenga o Hapani
Engari i hiahiatia tonu rātau ki te mahi i te waka hoki mai o ngā hōia me ngā taonga, tae atu ki te kaipuke i ngā herehere o te pakanga me ngā hōia i ngā puni Hapanihi.