Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri mai ka mahi ia i ngā wā i roto i ngā tūnga kaimahi rerekē i te West Indies, i Ireland, i Kanata, i Gibraltar, i te wā i whakatairangahia ai ia hei Lieutenant-Colonel i te Hakihea, 1865, me te Koronela i te marama o Akuhata, 1873. I te marama o Mei, 1877, ka haere ia ki te Cape of Good Hope hei D.A. me Q.M.G., a i taua kaha i mahi ia i te pakanga o Xhosa
o 1877-78, e whakahau ana i nga ope whakakotahi i te rohe rawhiti o te Cape Colony mai i Tihema, 1877, ki Maehe, 1878. I te mea kua whakahuatia ia i nga wa katoa i roto i nga karere, i tohua ia hei C.B. hei utu mo ana ratonga.