Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi ia ki te ope taua i Awherika ki te Tonga i te tau 1899-1900, a, ko ia tetahi o nga kaha i tukuna ki te whakaora i a Kimberley, i whakapaea e nga ope Boer. I uru ia ki nga pakanga o Belmont (22 Noema 1899), Enslin, Modder River (28 Noema 1899), me Magersfontein (11 Tihema 1899), i arahi ki te awhina o Kimberley i te 15 Hui-tanguru 1900. I whara ia i te pakanga whai muri
Ko te Pakanga o Paardeberg i te mutunga o Hui-tanguru 1900, a, i muri i tana whakaora, i uru atu ki te whakaekenga me te noho o Pretoria. Mo tana mahi i Awherika ki te Tonga, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te tohu brevet o te rangatira nui i te 22 o Akuhata 1902.