Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 27 o Hōngongoi, 1914, kotahi rā i mua i te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao (me te kotahi marama i mua i te Whakanoho a Tiamana ki Hāmoa
operation), i tuhituhi a Herbert i tētahi reta ki tōna pāpā, i roto i taua pukapuka e kōrero ana ia mō ngā kaipuke whawhai Tiamana e ono e tū ana ki Hamoa; "tērā pea... he mea whakapehapeha noa iho".