Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi a Edwards i te Royal Air Force i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i whakahaeretia ia i te Paenga-whāwhā 1942, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Distinguished Flying Cross, a, i mutu te pakanga hei rangatira rererangi. I mahi ia ki te No. 271 Squadron RAF, i noho ki Doncaster, i uru ki nga taunga o D-Day. I patua tana Dakota i Arnhem
i te tau 1944, nā reira i whara ai te mata, i hiahiatia ai te pokanga kirihou, i huna ai e ia ki tētahi ihu nui o te tarau, ka noho hei tohu māna. Nā ana whara me te whakahokinga mai i a ia, ka uru ia ki te Rōpū Ngāti Porou.