Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba shi mukamin Laftanar a ranar 26 ga Maris, 1849, yayin da yake aiki a cikin HMS "Castor" na biyar a Cape of Good Hope Station, ya shiga cikin Cape Frontier War na 1851. Bayan da aka ba shi umurnin jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Beaver" a shekara ta 1856, an daukaka shi zuwa kwamandan a ranar 26 ga Fabrairun 1858 kuma ya umurci jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Slaney" a tashar China yana ganin aikin a
Yaƙin Canton a watan Disamba na 1857 da Yaƙin Taku Forts a watan Mayu na 1858 yayin Yaƙin Opium na Biyu.