Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I haere a Hoffmeister ki nga akoranga a nga Kaimahi Pakanga Rangatahi o Canada i te Royal Military College o Canada i Kingston, Ontario. I te tau 1942, i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira. I te 1943, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Tohu Ratonga Tohu (DSO) i a ia e whawhai ana i Sicily
He aha? I whiwhi ia i te Bar ki te DSO i te tau e whai ake nei.