Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga, de Wet akadzokera kubasa; akambotaurwa nezvake mumashoko uye akapiwa CBE nokuda kwemabasa ake anokosha seDivisional Naval Transport Officer muVancouver. Achiramba ari mubasa, akazova Mukuru Mukuru weNaval Transport Officer panguva yekubviswa kweConstantinople
muna 1923, Mutungamiriri Mukuru Wezvokufambisa Gungwa muNorth China muna 1927 uye Mutungamiriri Anotarisira Zvokufambisa Gungwa muEgypt pakati pa1924 na1926 uye zvakare pakati pa1928 na1933.