I te tau 1939, i muri i tana whakatairanga ki te Kaihauturu, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te rangatira o te 8th Destroyer Squadron, me te haki i runga i te "Folgore"; i te Paenga-whawha 1939 i uru ia ki te whakaekenga Itari o Albania
, i whakawhiwhia ki te War Cross mo te Toa Toa mo te tautoko whai hua i whakawhiwhia ki te taunga.