Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - He tama a tētahi tohunga no te Lincolnshire Wolds, i whakaaetia a Garvey i runga i tētahi karahipi waiata ki Trent College (Long Eaton) i reira i ako ai ia mai i te tau 1916 ki te tau 1923. I uru ia ki Emmanuel College i te Whare Wananga o Cambridge, i reira ia i panui ai i te hitori ka mutu tana tohu B.A. i roto i te tikanga tangata, i a ia e whakarite ana ki te tango i te whakamātautau kaimahi, me te tumanako kia uru atu ki te Indian Civil Service. I uru atu ia ki te pakaru i te patu whānui o te tau 1926
, kaore i kitea he wa ki te ako mo tenei whakamātautau, a i tono ia mo tetahi tuunga i te Ratonga Colonial. I whakaae ia ki tetahi tuunga i te Kaitiaki o nga Moutere o Solomon, ka rere mai i Southampton ki Fiji i te marama o Noema 1926.