Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Akaberekerwa mumusha wemhuri pa18 Poultney Street muBath, Labalmondière aibva kumhuri yechiFrench yakakurumbira yakanga yatanga minda yembanje kuWest Indies. Akadzidza paEton College neRoyal Military College, Sandhurst, kwaakaenda kumusoro kwerondedzero nekukudzwa kwakasarudzika, uye akapihwa basa rechikamu mu83rd (County yeDublin) Regiment yeVashandi (yakazotevera Royal Irish Rifles). Akashanda muCanadas, 1837<unk>1838, akatakura zvinyorwa panguva yeMupanduki waMackenzie
uye Kupandukira kwaPapineau, uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant. Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni muna 1844. Muna 1846-1849, akashanda muIreland panguva yeNzara Huru, semucherechedzi wenguva pfupi ane mabasa akakosha pasi peVarombo Law Commissioners. Kutevera kuvharwa kwemakomiti erubatsiro emunharaunda muna 1847, zvipupuriro zveruzhinji zvekuedza kwake zvakatumirwa nemakomiti muCastlegregory, Castleisland, Ventry, Tralee neBallincuslane.