Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei rārangi - I whakaaro tuatahi a Wolseley ki te mahi i roto i te hahi, engari ko tōna tūnga pūtea e tohu ana ka hiahia ia ki tētahi kaitautoko whai rawa hei tautoko i taua mahi. Engari i whai ia i tētahi kōmihana i te ope taua. Kaore i taea e ia te utu mo Sandhurst, te hoko ranei i tetahi komihana, i tuhituhi a Wolseley ki te Duke o Wellington mo te awhina. I oati a Wellington, te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o nga Ope i taua wa, kia awhina i a ia ina 16 ona tau. Heoi, i te āhua nei i wareware a Wellington ki a ia, ā, kāore i whakautu ki tētahi atu reta i tukua atu ki a ia i te tau kotahi tekau mā whitu. I tono a Wolseley ki tana kaitiaki, ki a Lord Fitzroy Somerset, engari kaore i angitu. I taua wā, e ora ana te ope taua o Ingarangi i ngā mate nui i te pakanga whakamutunga i Awherika ki te Tonga
, a ka tuhituhi a Wolseley ki a Somerset, "Ka rite ahau ki te timata i te panui poto rawa, mena ka pai to Ariki ki te whakatu i ahau ki tetahi ope taua inaianei i te nohoanga o te pakanga". I tuhituhi tana whaea ki te Duke ki te tono i tana keehi, a i te 12 o Poutu-te-rangi 1852, i whakawhiwhia a Wolseley 18-tau-tawhito ki a ia hei ensign i te 12th Foot, hei whakanui i te mahi a tona papa.