Barley akazoshanda mubasa rehurumende muSolomon Islands, semukuru weDistrict Officer paTulagi, asati ava British Resident Commissioner muGilbert neEllice Islands kubva musi wa18 Gumiguru 1933. Kutonga kwaBarley kwakaguma zviri pamutemo muna December 1941 pakatanga kupambwa kweGilbert Islands neJapan
, asi Ronald Garvey akamutsiva saActing Resident kubva muna 1938-1940.