Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shiga cikin Sojojin Australiya a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba 1939 an ba shi &lt;a href="2/1st%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/1st Battalion&lt;/a&gt;. An gano shi don iyawarsa an tura shi zuwa sashin leken asiri na hedkwatar Brigade na 16. Da ya isa Gabas ta Tsakiya a watan Fabrairun 1940, an ba shi mukamin sarge kuma daga baya aka ba shi izinin zama mai kula da gwaji a ranar 27 ga Yuni. A matsayin jami'in leken asirin brigade, ya halarci yakin Bardia
da Tobruk a watan Janairun 1941. An tura shi zuwa &lt;a href="2/2nd%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/2nd Battalion&lt;/a&gt; a watan Mayu kuma ya yi aiki tare da shi a Masar da Siriya.