Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao (1939<unk>1945) i te tuatahi hei kaiawhina tuarua mo te 27 Anti-Aircraft Group, ka tukuna ki France me Belgium me te British Expeditionary Force (BEF). I te 1 o Poutu-te-rangi 1942 i riro ia hei Kaihauturu Whakahaere (CO) o te 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry me te mahi ki te huri hei 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. I te marama o Akuhata 1942 i uru atu ia ki te 132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, i uru ki te 78th "Battleaxe" Infantry Division me te whakahau i a ia i te pakanga o Tunisia. I te tau 1943 i uru atu ia ki te Rōpū 21 o te Ope Taua i Ingarangi, ā, i muri mai ki
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