Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 24 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1940 i whakawhitihia ia ki tana wehenga ki te rārangi o Albania
, i reira e rima nga ra i muri mai i whara kino ia i roto i te mataaratanga me te wa poto i whakakapihia e te General Luigi Trionfi. Whai muri i tana whakaora mai i ona whara, ka riro ano ia i te mana o te "Modena" Division i te Hui-tanguru 1, 1941, i arahi ia tae noa ki te mutunga o nga mahi ki a Kariki me te whiwhi i te Tohu Parahi o te Toa Toa. I te 5 o Mei ka riro ia i a ia te whakahau mo te XXVI Army Corps; i te 25 o Akuhata 1941 i tukuna ia ki Libya ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te whakahau mo te 25th Infantry Division Bologna, i arahina e ia i te wa o te whakapae o Tobruk, Operation Crusader, te pakanga o Alam Halfa me te pakanga tuarua o El Alamein; i te Oketopa 1942 i whakawhiwhia ia ki a ia te whakahau mo te XXI Corps, ko te "Bologna" Division tetahi waahanga. Whai muri i te whakangaromanga o tana wehenga i El Alamein, i whakahokia mai ia i te 6 o Tihema, ana e iwa nga ra i muri mai ka whakatairangahia ia ki te Lieutenant General, ka noho tonu ki te Manatū o te Pakanga tae noa ki te 9 o Hanuere 1943, i te wa i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te V Army Corps e mahi ana i Dalmatia.