Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akadzidza paDulwich College, Gillman akagadzwa muRoyal Field Artillery muna July 1889. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa 27 Chikunguru 1892, uye kuva kaputeni (supernumerary kune yakagadzwa) musi wa 9 Gumiguru 1899. Akashanda muHondo yechipiri yeBoer muna 1899-1900, apo akatora chikamu muRefere of Kimberley, uye hondo dzinotevera dze
Paardeberg (kupera kwaFebruary 1900), Poplar Grove, uye Driefontein (March 1900). Pakupera kwa1901 aive kuSouthern Nigeria, kwaakabatanidzwa semukuru mukuru kumakoramu anotora chikamu muhondo yeAro-Anglo (Mbudzi 1901 kusvika Kurume 1902), iyo yaakataurwa nezvayo mumatumwa nemukuru mukuru se "mukuru mukuru anokosha, akadzikama uye azere nesimba". Akagadzwawo kuva Companion weDistinguished Service Order (DSO) nokuda kwemabasa munguva yehondo. Muna May 1902 akagamuchira kugadzwa kwenguva dzose semutungamiriri we119 Battery yeField Artillery. Gare gare akapedza nguva muSouthern Nigeria muna 1902.