Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau i te 2 o Akuhata 1855 ki a Thomas raua ko Mary Helen Lomax o Grove Park i Yoxford, Suffolk, i uru atu a Lomax ki te Scottish 90th Regiment of Foot hei rangatira rangatahi i te tekau ma waru o ona tau i te Pipiri 1874. I te tau 1877 ka haere ia me te ope ki Awherika ki te Tonga, ka uru ki te
Ko te 9th Cape Frontier War, me te waahanga whakamutunga o te Pakanga o Zulu i te 1878, i kite i nga mahi i Kambula me Ulundi, i whakawhiwhia ki te wikitoria a Ingarangi i te pakanga. I te hokinga ki Peretana me tana pu Lomax i whakatairangahia hei rangatira whai muri i nga Whakahoutanga Cardwell i whakakotahi i tana pu ki nga Scottish Rifles i te tau 1881.