Kammala wannan jumla: Ya koma Kwalejin Ma'aikata a shekarar 1948 a lokacin da aka haifi 'yarsa Susan. Tsakanin 1949 da 1951 ya yi aiki da leken asirin soja a Malaya a lokacin
'yan tawayen kwaminisanci, wanda a lokacin da aka daukaka shi zuwa Major kuma wanda aka nada shi MBE.