Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi a Smyrk hei kaipūkaha ki te Samoa Expeditionary Force i te Whakanohoatanga o Hāmoa Tiamana
i te tau 1914. I hoki ia ki Aotearoa i te Poutu-te-rangi 1915 ka marenatia ki a Jessie Arnold i Napier i te 7 o Aperira.