Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I tohua ia hei Ensign kaore i hokona i te 1st Battalion, 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot i te 2 o Hui-tanguru 1858 a i tohua ia hei rangatira mo te kaitiaki o General Sir James Jackson, General Officer Commanding Cape of Good Hope. I te wā i whai wāhi atu ai a Wynward ki a ia, ka tohua ia hei ADC. I whakarerea e ia tēnei tūranga i te pakarutanga o te pakanga ki Haina
I te tau 1860, ka haere tahi ia me tana rerenga ki te Rawhiti ki tawhiti i reira i tohua ai ia hei ADC ki te Kaihauturu o te Kuini, a Sir Alfred Jephson, e mau ana i tenei pou mo te roa o te pakanga. I whakatairangahia ia hei Lieutenant ma te hoko i te 12 o Oketopa 1860, i te ra i tukua ai a Pekin ki nga Allies ka uru ki te pakanga a Haina i Sinho me te tango i nga whare rangatira o Tanku me Taku. I whakahuatia ia i roto i ngā karere. I tohua ia hei Kapene ma te hoko i te 20 o Hurae 1866. Ko ia (te mahi) Kaiwhakahaere Kaiawhina Quartermaster General (QMG) i Bombay mai i te 25 o Mei 1869 ki te Paenga-whawha 1870 i tukuna ai ia ki Abyssinia i te pakarutanga o te pakanga. Ko ia te kawenga mo te tereina kawe, a, i whakahuahia e te Ariki Napier i roto i nga karere mo te "mahi, te kaha me te kaha". I te tau 1875 i puta ia i te whare wananga kaimahi, a i whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira i te tau 1877.