Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Cillart ki te whānau o Madeleine de Bernard rāua ko Joseph-François de Chabert, he rangatira Navy. I uru atu ia ki te Navy hei Kaitiaki-Māori i te tau 1741, ka uru atu ki te Pakanga o Toulon i Cape Sicié i te 22-23 o Hui-tanguru 1744, e mahi ana i runga i te 50-gun "Diamant". I te tau 1745, i mahi ia i runga i te "Trident" me te "Espérance" i roto i nga miihana e rua ki Martinique. I te tau 1746, i runga ia i te "Castor" ka uru ki te hopu i te kaipuke Ingarihi "Albany" mai i Acadia. I te tau i muri mai, ka mauheretia ia i te Pakanga Tuatahi o Cape Finisterre
i te 14 o Mei 1747. I whakatairangahia a Chabert ki a Ensign i te tau 1748.