Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I puta a Kubiliūnas i te Realgymnasium i Riga ka haere tonu ki tana maatauranga i te Kura Taua o Vilnius, i puta i te marama o Tihema 1914. I te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i mahi ia i roto i te Ope Taua o Ruhia Imperial i te Rāwhiti o te Rāwhiti. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te 2nd Riga Battalion o nga Latvian Riflemen. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia etahi whakahau a Ruhia, tae atu ki te Cross of St. George me te whakatairanga ki te rangatira mo ana mahi i nga Pakanga Kirihimete
i te tau 1916.