Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Osborne akaberekerwa kuOrange, New South Wales, uye akadzidza paNorth Sydney High School uye paSydney Church of England Grammar School. Akapedza zvidzidzo zvake zvepamutemo paYunivhesiti yeSydney. Akabatana neRoyal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve muna 1938, uye nekutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, akaendeswa kuRoyal Navy muna 1940. Akapiwa Distinguished Service Cross muna 1940 nokuda kwo"ushingi nokuzvipira kubasa" paaibatsira kubviswa kwemauto kubva kuNorway
somutevedzeri womutevedzeri pa"St Loman", ngarava ine zvombo. Akabva aramba achitungamirira, uye, achifambisa ngarava pakati peUnited States neCanada neUnited Kingdom muHondo yeAtlantic. Akayambuka Atlantic ka22 uye ndiye chete mukuru mukuru weRoyal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve akasimuka kuti ave mutungamiriri weRoyal Navy destroyer munguva yehondo. Muna 1945 Bharani yakawedzerwa kuDSC yake nokuda kwokunyudza U-boat yeGermany.