Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Barley nigbamii ṣiṣẹ ni iṣẹ ilu ni Solomon Islands, gẹgẹbi Oṣiṣẹ Agbegbe ni Tulagi, ṣaaju ki o to di Kọmiṣanna olugbe Ilu Gẹẹsi ni Gilbert ati Ellice Islands lati 18 Oṣu Kẹwa ọdun 1933. Iṣẹ́ tí Barley ṣe dópin ní December 1941 nígbà tí wọ́n bẹ̀rẹ̀
Ijọba Japan ti awọn erekusu Gilbert, ṣugbọn Ronald Garvey rọpo rẹ gẹgẹbi Olugbe Olugbe lati 1938-1940.