Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru atu ia ki te ope taua o Ingarangi i te tau 1838, ka riro ia hei rangatira ma te hoko i te 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot. I mahi ia ki tēnei rārangi i Malta me te West Indies, ka neke i te tau 1846 hei Kapene ki te 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, i mahi tahi ai ia ki nga mahi katoa o te
Eighth Kaffir War, e whakahau ana i te Rōpū mai i te Whiringa-a-rangi 1851 tae noa ki te Oketopa 1852.