Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, de Wet akadzokera kubasa; akataura nezvake mumashoko uye akapiwa CBE nokuda kwemabasa anokosha seDivisional Naval Transport Officer muVancouver. Achiramba ari mubasa, akazova Principal Naval Transport Officer munguva ye
kubviswa kweConstantinople muna 1923, Principal Sea Transport Officer kuNorth China muna 1927 uye Officer in Charge of Sea Transport muEgypt pakati pa 1924 na 1926 uye zvakare pakati pa 1928 na 1933.