Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru atu ia ki te ope taua i te tau 1941 ā, i haere ki te Kura Kaitono Kaitono, ā, i whakawhiwhia ki tana kōmihana i te tau 1942. I mahi a ia hei rangatira hōiho patu i te ao hōiho o Ūropi
kātahi ka mahi ki te Kaunihera Whakahaere a te Rōpū i Bavaria. I tana hokinga ki te United States i mahi ia ki te 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.