Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga a-iwi o Ruhia, i whakauruhia ia ki roto i te ope Whero i Petrograd i Akuhata 1919 ka tohua hei rangatira kamupene i te 10th Reserve Regiment o te Northwestern Front. I whakahau ia i tetahi patationa haere o mua mai i te Mahuru 1920, a i te Tihema ka noho ia hei rangatira kamupene i te 96th Rifle Regiment o te 32nd Brigade o te 11th Rifle Division. I te wehenga, i whawhai ia i te tukinga o te
Te tutu o Kronstadt, i whiwhi i te mataaratanga hiriwa mō te hopu i tētahi pū. Mai i te Haratua 1921 i mahi ia hei kaiawhina o te rangatira o te roopu whakangungu wehenga. I muri mai ka uru a Mikhaylov me tana roopu ki te whakakore i te whakaekenga o Karelia ki te Rawhiti i waenga o Tihema 1921 me Poutu-te-rangi 1922. Mo te hopu i te wheketere Volazminsky, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Order of the Red Banner, hei taapiri ki te To the Valiant Soldier of the Karelian Front badge mo te whakauru ki te mahi.