Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei whitiāhua - I a ia e ora ana i ōna mate, i tohua ia hei rangatira whakapā i te tari matua o te wehenga 6 i te marama o Hepetema 1943 ā, i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira ā-wāhanga i taua marama, i whai mana i te marama o Mei 1945. I muri mai ka haere ia ki te Kura Kaimahi i Cabarlah, Queensland, a, i muri i tana whakaoti i te akoranga ka tukuna ia ki te 1st Australian Combined Operations Section i te Oketopa 1944. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te tari matua o te wehenga 7th a i awhina ia ki te whakamahere i nga taunga amphibious i Morotai
me Balikpapan. I whakahuatia a Ferguson i roto i nga Tuhinga mo tana whakamahere.