Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - Iā Aokuso 1942, na tofia ai o ia i le vaega o le Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ma vave ona siitia atu i le vaega o le Glider Pilot Regiment. E oo ane i le 1944, ua avea o ia ma Komesina o le Vaega, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment, o se vaega o le Airborne Forces i Arnhem
. E oo ane i le taimi na litaea ai o ia, o se Kapeteni Faamamaluina i le aso 25 Novema 1953, na toe faafoʻi atu ai o ia i le Black Watch.