Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whakawhiwhia ki a Lugard hei Kaitiaki i te 31st Regiment o te Rererangi i te marama o Akuhata 1828, i whawhai ia ki te Pakanga o Kabul i te tau 1842 i te Pakanga Anglo-Afghan tuatahi. I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuatahi o Sikh (1845<unk>46), i uru atu ki nga pakanga o Moodkee, Aliwal me Sobraon, i muri mai ka mahi ano ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o Sikh
(1848<unk>49). He aha te take? I noho ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Matua mo te Takiwa o Punjab i te 1848, katahi ka noho hei Kaiwhakahaere Matua Tuarua i Bombay i te 1854, i mua i tana mahi hei Tumuaki o nga Kaimahi i te wa o te pakanga Persian (1856 <unk> 57), me te Kaiwhakahaere Matua i Inia mai i te Hurae 1857. I whakahau ia i te wehenga tuarua i te hopu o Lucknow i te 1858 i te wa o te Indian Rebellion, a ka riro ia hei Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath i te Hanuere 1858.