Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakahokia tōna tuakana a George ki te rangatiratanga i te tau 1935, ā, ka hoki a Katherine ki Kariki me tōna tuahine, a Irene. I uru ia ki te Greek Red Cross i te timatanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te 1939. I te tau 1941, i muri i te whakaekenga o Kariki e nga ope o te Axis
, i rere ia ki Awherika ki te Tonga me tana tuatoru o ona tuakana, a Paora, i runga i te poti rererangi o Sunderland, i mahi ai ia hei kaitiaki i tetahi hohipera i Cape Town. Kāore ia i rongo i tōna tuahine a Helen mō ngā tau e whā. I hoki ia ki Ingarangi i te tau 1946, i rere i te waahanga whakamutunga mai i Ihipa ki Ingarangi i runga i te Cunard liner RMS "Ascania". I runga i te kaipuke, i tutaki ia ki a Major Richard Campbell Brandram MC (5 Akuhata 1911 <unk> 5 Paenga-whāwhā 1994), he rangatira i te British Royal Artillery. E toru wiki i muri mai i to raua taenga mai ki Ingarangi, engari i panuitia ta raua whakaipoipo i te Hui-tanguru 1947. I te 1 o Paenga-whāwhā i te Royal Palace, e toru wiki i mua o te marena, i mate tana tuakana a King George i te mate pukupuku, a, i mate i muri tata mai i te aroaro o Katherine. I whai muri a George i te torona Kariki e te tuatoru o nga tuakana o Katherine a Paora, i mahi hei tangata pai i te marena, i tu ai i runga i te mahere i te 21 o Aperira 1947.