Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i mahi ia hei kaihauturu ki te whare putunga o te ope, a ka haere ki te Whare Wananga o nga Kaimahi, Camberley. Whai muri i tana mahi hei Kaiwhakahaere Kaimahi Matua Tuatoru (GSO3) me te Canadian Corps, he rangatira pirihimana ia ki te 38th (Irish) Brigade i mua i tana mahi me te Special Operations Executive (SOE) e whakahaere ana i nga mahi i Albania. Kātahi ka hoki atu ia ki te 2nd Battalion o tana rēhi ki te whawhai i
Te Tai Tokerau o Uropi, mai i muri tata mai o nga taunga o te Ra D i te Hune 1944 tae noa ki te Wikitoria i te Ra o Uropi i te Mei 1945.