Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I riro ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Matua e whakahau ana i te 7th Indian Division i Inia i te 1911 me te Tumuaki o te Kaimahi Nui i Inia mai i te 1912. I te marama o Hanuere 1916, i tohua ia hei Kaihauturu o te Mana o Mesopotamian, hei waahanga o te ope whakatere i tukuna ki te whakaora i nga hoia a Sir Charles Townshend i Kut
He aha? I te tau 1913 i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te rangatira o te East Lancashire Regiment, i whakahaerehia e ia tae noa ki te 1920.