Tuhia he tohumate mo tēnei wāhanga - I te rā i muri mai ka eke ia ki te kaipuke i Liverpool ki te hono atu ki tētahi waka ki Algiers. Whai muri i te hinganga o Erwin Rommel me te whakaoranga o Awherika ki te Raki, Amer, inaianei he kaiwhakahaere ahokore kei runga i te "MTB 243", i tukuna ki Malta. I te Hōngongoi o te tau 1943 ka whakaekehia e ngā ope o te Rōpū Taua ki Hicily, ā, i uru atu a Amer ki te whakaekenga, me te hunga o te tonga o Wīwī
me Kariki. I nga mahi i Sicily, i whara kino ia i te pakanga engari i ora ia i roto i te hohipera puni tata ki Catania. I te mutunga o te pakanga i Uropi, i tukuna tana kaipuke ki te UNRRA, te United Nations' Relief and Rehabilitation Authority. I etahi wiki i muri mai ka mutu te Pakanga i mua i tana tono ki te Rawhiti ki te aro atu ki nga Hapanihi.