Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaakona ia i te Whare Wānanga o Dulwich, i tukuna a Gillman ki te Royal Field Artillery i te Hōngongoi 1889. I whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira i te 27 o Hōngongoi 1892, a ki te rangatira (he nui ake i te hanganga) i te 9 o Oketopa 1899. I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o Boer 1899-1900, i reira i uru ai ia ki te Whakaoranga o Kimberley, me nga pakanga e whai ake nei o
Paardeberg (te mutunga o Hui-tanguru 1900), Poplar Grove, me Driefontein (Poutu-te-rangi 1900). I te mutunga o te tau 1901 i te tonga o Nigeria ia, i reira i whakauruhia ai ia hei rangatira kaimahi ki nga pou e whai waahi ana ki te pakanga Aro-Anglo (Noema 1901 ki te Poutu-te-rangi 1902), na te mea i whakahuatia ia i roto i nga korero a te rangatira rangatira hei "he rangatira tino nui, he makariri, he nui hoki te kaha". I tohua hoki ia hei hoa mo te Tohu Ratonga Motuhake (DSO) mo nga ratonga i te wa o te pakanga. I te marama o Mei 1902 i whakawhiwhia ia ki tetahi tuunga tuuturu hei rangatira mo te 119 Battery o te Field Artillery. I muri mai ka noho ia ki te tonga o Nigeria i te tau 1902.