Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te whakaoranga mai i ona mate i tohua ia hei rangatira hononga i te tari matua o te wehenga 6th i te marama o Hepetema 1943 a i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira mo te wa poto i taua marama, i riro hei kaupapa i te marama o Mei 1945. I muri mai ka haere ia ki te Kura Kaimahi i Cabarlah, Queensland, a, i muri i tana whakaoti i te akoranga ka tukuna ia ki te 1st Australian Combined Operations Section i te Oketopa 1944. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te tari matua o te wehenga tuawhitu, ā, i āwhina ia ki te whakamahere i te taenga mai o ngā waka o waho ki
Ko Morotai me Balikpapan. I whakahuatia a Ferguson i roto i nga Tuhinga mo tana whakamahere.