Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te wā poto hei rangatira tuatahi i te kaipuke tawhito, mai i te Mahuru 1939 ki te Paenga-whāwhā 1940, i whakaritea a Gretton i te wā poto rawa hei rangatira tuatahi i te kaipuke nui o nāianei, ā, i kite ia i te pakanga tuarua o Narvik
i te wā o te pakanga ki Norway. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te mana o te kaipuke tawhito i te tau 1941 ka mahi i te Raki o te Moana-a-Kiwa. I whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira rangatira i te 1 o Hune 1942, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te whakahau o te kaipuke hou hou, ka hoki ki te Mediterranean. I uru ia ki te Operation Pedestal, te mahi o te waka Malta i Akuhata 1942, ka whakapakeke i te kaipuke moana Itari "Dagabur" ma te patu. I whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira i te 31 o Tihema 1942, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te rangatira o te kaipuke whakangaromanga, hei Kaihauturu Matua ki te Ropu Whakahaere B7, i Derry.