Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i tana tukunga mai i te kura mō ngā kaitohutohu hōia i Graz, i uru ia ki te pakanga Itari i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao.
me ngā pakanga tuarua o te Isonzo, i reira i pāngia ai e ia te rewharewha. Whai muri i tana whakaoranga, i tukuna ia ki te rohe o Tyrolean o te mua. Mo ana whakaeke maia ki te pa kaha o Itari i Monte Zebio i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Koura ka whakawhiti ki te 87th Infantry regiment i Celje. I te Oketopa 1918, ka tiimata ia ki te ako ture i te Whare Waananga o Graz.