Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1939, mushure mekusimudzirwa kuva Commander, akapiwa kutungamira kwe8th Destroyer Squadron, ine mureza pa "Folgore"; muna Kubvumbi 1939 akatora chikamu mukupinda kweItaly kweAlbania
, achigamuchira War Cross nokuda kwoushingi hwechiuto nokuda kwebetsero inoshanda yakapiwa pakuenda kumhenderekedzo.