Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan wani lokaci a cikin Horse Guards a Whitehall, Wyke-Smith ya shiga ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa mai iska kuma ya tashi zuwa Australia da gabar yammacin Amurka. A Yammacin Amirka, ya yi aiki a matsayin makiyayi. A Ingila, ya yi karatun injiniyan ma'adinai kuma daga baya ya gudanar da ma'adinai a Mexico, Sinai, Kudancin Amurka, Spain, Portugal da Norway. A lokacin juyin juya halin 1913 a Mexico
, ya ceci matarsa daga babban birnin. Ya gina gadar jirgin ruwa a kan Suez Canal a lokacin yakin duniya na farko.