Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te whakauru ki te ope taua o Ahitereiria i te 3 o Noema 1939 i tukuna ia ki te &lt;a href="2/1st%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/1st Battalion&lt;/a&gt;. I mōhiotia tōna pūmanawa, ka whakawhitihia ia ki te wāhanga mōhiohio o te tari matua o te Rōpū 16. I te taenga mai ki te Middle East i te Hui-tanguru 1940, i whakatairangahia ia ki te kaitiaki, a, i muri mai ka whakawhiwhia ia ki te kaitiaki whakamatautau i te 27 o Pipiri. I te mea ko ia te rangatira o te pirihimana matauranga, i uru ia ki nga pakanga o
Ko Bardia me Tobruk i te marama o Hanuere 1941. I tukuna ia ki te &lt;a href="2/2nd%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/2nd Battalion&lt;/a&gt; i te marama o Mei ka mahi ia ki Ihipa me Hiria.