Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I whanau i te 2 o Akuhata 1855 ki a Thomas me Mary Helen Lomax o Grove Park i Yoxford, Suffolk, i uru atu a Lomax ki te Scottish 90th Regiment of Foot hei rangatira rangatahi tekau ma waru tau i te Pipiri 1874. I te tau 1877 ka haere ia me te roopu ki Awherika ki te Tonga ka uru ki te 9th Cape Frontier War
, me te waahanga whakamutunga o te Pakanga o Zulu i te 1878, i kite i nga mahi i Kambula me Ulundi, i whakawhiwhia ai te wikitoria a Ingarangi ki te pakanga. I te hokinga ki Peretana me tana pu Lomax i whakatairangahia hei rangatira whai muri i nga Whakahoutanga Cardwell i whakakotahi i tana pu ki nga Scottish Rifles i te tau 1881.