Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whanau a Osborne i Orange, New South Wales, a i whakaakona ia i te Kura Tuarua o North Sydney me te Kura Tuarua o te Hahi o Ingarangi o Sydney. I whiwhi ia i te tohu mo te ture mai i te Whare Wananga o Sydney. I uru ia ki te Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve i te 1938, a, i te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i tukuna ia ki te Royal Navy i te tau 1940. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia he Tohu Ratonga Motuhake i te tau 1940 mo te "tohe me te pono ki te mahi" i a ia e awhina ana i te tangohanga o nga ope mai i Norway
hei kaitiaki tuarua i runga i te "St Loman", he kaipuke patu patu. I muri mai ka whakahaua e ia, ka whakahaeretia e ia nga kaipuke i waenga i te United States me Canada me te United Kingdom i te Pakanga o te Atlantic. E 22 nga wa i whiti ai ia i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, a ko ia anake te rangatira o te Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve i eke ki te rangatira o te Royal Navy destroyer i te pakanga. I te tau 1945 i taapirihia he Bar ki tana DSC mo te whakangaromanga o te kaipuke U-Tiamana.