Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i Ingarangi a McKinnon i runga i te akoranga whakangungu pupuhi. I uru atu ia ki te Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, ā, i mahi tahi ia me te 3rd New Zealand Division i te wā o te pakanga o Aotearoa.
he pakanga i nga Moutere o Horomona. I te timatanga ko ia te rangatira o te 28th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment engari i te wa i whakakorehia ai tana roopu i te Hurae 1942, ka riro ia i te 29th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. I tae atu ia me tana ope ki nga Moutere o Treasury me Green. I te wa i whakahekehia ai te wehenga i te tau 1944, ka hoki ia ki Ingarangi ki te haere ki te Whare Wananga o Camberley. Whai muri i tana akoranga kaimahi, ka uru atu ia ki te 2nd New Zealand Division, i taua wa e whawhai ana i Itari me te Eighth Army, me etahi atu rangatira puhipuhi i mahi i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. I te taenga mai ki Itari i te Hui-tanguru 1945, ko ia te tuarua o te mana o te 4th Field Regiment me te 6th Field Regiment.