Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Corbet ki te ope taua o Ingarangi i te tau 1745. I te tau 1748 he Ensign ia i te 7th Regiment of Foot, a, i te timatanga o te Pakanga o nga Tau e whitu, i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira, i rere me tana rerenga mai i Ireland ki te awhina i te
Te whakapae o Fort St Philip (1756) i Menorca. I rahua te awhina a ka neke tana rerenga ki Gibraltar i mahi ai ia kia tae ra ano ki te mate kino i whakahoki ai ia ki Ingarangi.