Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaakona i te Whare Wananga o Clifton me te Royal Military College, Sandhurst, i tukuna a Horsford ki te 8th Gurkha Rifles i Quetta i te 1938. I kite ia i te mahi kaha i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, a ka noho ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere o te 4 o nga Battalion i te 1st Gurkha Rifles i te 1944. I ārahi ia i tana poari i te
Ko te Pakanga o Kohima e tiaki ana i te Maunga Hunter i Burma i raro i te ahi nui.