Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i mahi ia hei kaiāwhina ki te whare putunga o te ope taua, ā, i haere ki te Whare Wānanga o nga Kaimahi, i Camberley. Whai muri i tana mahi hei Kaiwhakahaere Kaimahi Matua Tuatoru (GSO3) me te Canadian Corps, he rangatira pirihimana ia ki te 38th (Irish) Brigade i mua i tana mahi me te Special Operations Executive (SOE) e whakahaere ana i nga mahi i Albania. Kātahi ka hoki atu ia ki te 2nd Battalion o tana rēhiemete ki te whawhai ki te raki-uru o Ūropi
, mai i muri tata mai i te Rā D-Rā i Hune 1944 tae noa ki te Rā Wikitoria i Uropi i Mei 1945.