Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An ba Porteous izini a cikin Royal Regiment of Artillery a 1937. A ranar 26 ga Agusta 1940 an daukaka shi zuwa laftanan. A ranar 19 ga Agusta, 1942, yana da shekaru 24 da haihuwa kuma babban jami'in wucin gadi ne a No. 4 Commando lokacin da ya aikata aikin da aka ba shi VC, a lokacin Dieppe Raid
Ka yi haƙuri. An buga wannan ambaton a cikin ƙarin "London Gazette" na 2 ga Oktoba 1942 kuma ya karanta: