Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Max Wolff ki Rio Negro, Paraná, Brazil. I whakauruhia ia i te tau 1930 i te taone nui o Curitiba, ka uru atu ki te 15th Hunters Battalion. I mahi ia i te Revolution o 1930 me te Constitutionalist Revolution
ki ngā Paulistas. I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, he mema ia o te Brazilian Expeditionary Force, i raro i te whakahau a te US 5th Army. I tae ia ki Itari i te marama o Hepetema 1944 ka arahi ia i te 30 o nga kaitiaki.