Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I te wehenga atu ki Cairns, Queensland, ka noho te ope taua ki Ravenshoe, Queensland. Whai muri i te wa okiokinga, whakangungu me te whakariterite ano, i te Hurae 1943 i whakawhiwhia te peihana ki te roopu whakapakari mai i te 5th Motor Regiment, i whakakorehia. I tae mai hoki he roopu iti o nga whakapakari mai i te &lt;a href="2/40th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/40th Battalion&lt;/a&gt; kaimahi i mawhiti i te hopu i Timor
He aha? I te marama o Akuhata 1943, i tukuna te 2/12 ki Port Moresby, i reira te 18th Brigade i puritia i roto i te rahui wehenga, i te mea i tiakina e te toenga o te 7th Division nga huarahi ki Lae hei waahanga o te pakanga Finisterre Range. I te ra whakamutunga o te tau, i whakawhiwhia te ope taua ki nga pakanga i nga Maunga Finisterre. I muri mai ka hono atu ratou ki te toenga o te piritiana i te 4 o Hanuere 1944 i te wa i kawea ai ki Dumpu hei whakaora i te 21 o nga Piritiana. I te timatanga o te tau 1944, i uru te 2/12 ki nga pakanga huri noa i Shaggy Ridge, i reira i whakaekea ai e raatau etahi whakaeke ki te raki o te pukepuke, huri noa i nga ahuatanga o Protheroe I me II i waenga i te 21 me te 24 o Hanuere. I waenga i te Hui-tanguru me te Paenga-whawha, i haere tonu ratau ki nga mahi i te Raorao o Ramu, me te tirotiro i mua i te hokinga ki Ahitereiria i runga i te waka kawe "Pahud" i te Mei 1944.