Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutevera chikoro kuEton College, Thorpe akagadzwa muuto musi wa 8 Gunyana 1897 sa 2nd Lieutenant muArgyll neSutherland Highlanders. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo cheMutevedzeri musi wa16 Chikunguru 1899 uye akashanda muHondo yechipiri yeBoer; akakuvara, akagamuchira Mambokadzi naMambo weSouth Africa Medals nemabhandeji ebasa muhondo dzeModder River uye
Pandaardeberg, uye muTransvaal neSouth Africa (1901 ne1902). Musi wa15 Gumiguru 1901, akatumirwa semukuru wevashandi vechiteshi.