Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whakawhiwhia a Keeling ki te komihana hei rangatira i roto i te Indian Army Reserve of Officers. I mahi ia i roto i te Campaign Mesopotamian, a i reira i te tuku o
I patua e nga Ingarihi i te ringa o nga ope Ottoman. Whai muri i te tuku, i mahi ia hei herehere pakanga i Turkey tae noa ki tana rerenga, i te mutunga ka tau ia ki Bolshevik Russia. Whai muri i tana hokinga ki Ingarangi, i mahi ia hei upoko o te peka motuhake (he kawenga mo Turkey me Bulgaria) i roto i te British General Staff mo te tuku i nga rangatira ki te mawhiti. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Cross Military i te Oketopa 1918. I whakaputaina e ia tana korero ko "Adventures in Turkey and Russia" i te tau 1924.