Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau ia ki Fredericton, New Brunswick, i tipu ake ki Toronto, Winnipeg me Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I mahi ia ki tawahi me te South Saskatchewan Regiment i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao a i whara ia i Dieppe
He aha? I muri i te pakanga, i haere tonu a Kohaly i ana akoranga i te Whare Wananga o Saskatchewan, i whiwhi tohu ture i te 1950. I whakatūria e ia tētahi mahi ki Estevan. I pootihia a Kohaly ki te runanga o te rohe i te pooti-a-roto i te tau 1953 i muri i te matenga o John Edward McCormack. Whai muri i tana hinganga i tana whakataetae mo te pooti i te tau 1956, ka hoki ia ki te mahi ture. I mahi a Kohaly hei perehitini o te peka o Saskatchewan me te perehitini a motu o te Royal Canadian Legion.