Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te 27 o Hōngongoi 1914, kotahi rā i mua i te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao (me te āhua kotahi marama i mua i te pakanga tuatahi o te Ao)
Occupation of German Samoa operation), i tuhituhi a Herbert i tētahi reta ki tōna pāpā, i reira ka kōrero ia mō ngā kaipuke whawhai Tiamana e ono e tū ana ki Hamoa; "tērā pea... he mea whakapehapeha noa iho".