Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I haere a Thomas ki te Kura Hangarau o Kingston, kātahi ka haere ia ki te akoranga pānui i te South-West Essex Technical College i Walthamstow. I te tau 1949 i karangahia ia mo te Ratonga Motu a ka tiimata ia ki te mahi mo te rua tau i Singapore me te Royal Army Pay Corps. I a ia i reira, i uru poto ia ki te mahi hoia ki nga whakakeke komihana i te
He ohotata Malay. I timata hoki ia ki te tuhi tuhinga poto hei whakaputa i nga niupepa Ingarihi.