Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Osborne akaberekerwa muOrange, kuNew South Wales, uye akadzidza paNorth Sydney High School neSydney Church of England Grammar School. Akapedza zvidzidzo zvake zvepamutemo paYunivhesiti yeSydney. Akabatana neRoyal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve muna 1938, uye nekutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, akaendeswa kuRoyal Navy muna 1940. Akapiwa mubayiro weDistinguished Service Cross muna 1940 nokuda kwo"ushingi nokuzvipira pabasa" paaibatsira
kubviswa kwemauto kubva kuNorway semutevedzeri wemutungamiri pa "St Loman", chikepe chine zvombo. Akabva aramba achitungamirira, uye, achifambisa ngarava pakati peUnited States neCanada neUnited Kingdom muHondo yeAtlantic. Akayambuka Atlantic ka22 uye ndiye chete mukuru mukuru weRoyal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve akasimuka kuti ave mutungamiriri weRoyal Navy destroyer munguva yehondo. Muna 1945 Bharani yakawedzerwa kuDSC yake nokuda kwokunyudza U-boat yeGermany.