Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei whārangi - He kaitiaki poaka a Howe, he kaitākaro pōtae whai hua hoki. I mahi ia hei kaitiaki i te tari tari o te Kaunihera o Wellington. I uru ia ki te pakanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, ā, i mahi ia hei kaitiaki i roto i ngā ope o Aotearoa i riro i a Hamoa
i te tau 1914. I muri mai i Aotearoa i whakawhiwhia ia, a ka mahi ia i te Western Front hei rangatira. I mate ia i te mahi i Messines i te 10 o Hanuere 1917.