Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru atu ia ki te ope taua o Ingarangi i te tau 1838, ka riro ia hei kaitiaki mā te hoko i roto i te 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot. I mahi ia me tenei roopu i Malta me te West Indies, ka neke i te 1846 hei Kapene ki te 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, i mahi tahi ai ia i nga mahi katoa o te War Kaffir War
, i whakahau i te Rōpū mai i te Whiringa-a-rangi 1851 tae noa ki te Oketopa 1852.