Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau ia ki Kalavryta i te tau 1914, i tipu ake ki Patara. I puta ia i te Hellenic Military Academy hei Kaihautū Tuarua o te Artillery ka whawhai ia i te Pakanga Greco-Itari
, i te Middle Te Tai Rāwhiti me i roto i te Greek Civil War i te taha o te kāwanatanga Kariki ki te Communists.